ZyXEL Communications Corporation NWA1121NI User Manual
Chapter 1 Introducing the NWA1121-NI
NWA1121-NI User’s Guide
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1.2.3 Root AP
In Root AP mode, the NWA1121-NI (Z) can act as the root AP in a wireless network and also
allow
repeaters (X and Y) to extend the range of its wireless network
at the same time. In the figure
below, both clients A, B and C can access the wired network through the root AP.
Figure 3
Root AP Application
On the NWA1121-NI in Root AP mode, you can have
up to four
multiple
SSIDs active for reqular
wireless connections
and one SSID for the connection with a repeater (universal repeater SSID)
.
Wireless clients can use either SSID to associate with the NWA1121-NI in Root AP mode
. A repeater
must use the
universal repeater SSID
to connect to the NWA1121-NI in Root AP mode.
When the NWA1121-NI is in Root AP mode,
universal repeater
security between the NWA1121-NI
and other repeater
is independent of the security
between the wireless clients and the AP
or
repeater
. If you do not enable
universal repeater
security, traffic between APs is not encrypted.
When
universal repeater
security is enabled,
both APs and repeaters
must use the same pre-shared
key. See
Unless specified, the term “security settings” refers to the traffic between the wireless clients and
the AP.
the AP.
At the time of writing,
universal repeater
security is compatible with the NWA1121-NI only.
1.2.4 Repeater
The NWA can act as a wireless network repeater
to extend a root AP’s wireless network range, and
also establish wireless connections with wireless clients
.
Using Repeater mode, your NWA1121-NI can extend the range of the WLAN.
In the figure below,
the NWA1121-NI in Repeater mode (Z) has a wireless connection to the NWA1121-NI in Root AP
mode (X) which is connected to a wired network and also has a wireless connection to another
NWA1121-NI in Repeater mode (Y) at the same time.
mode (X) which is connected to a wired network and also has a wireless connection to another
NWA1121-NI in Repeater mode (Y) at the same time.
Z and Y act as repeaters that forward traffic