ZyXEL Communications Marine Radio NWA-3550 User Manual

 Chapter 1 Introducing the NWA

NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User’s Guide

When the NWA is in Bridge / Repeater mode, security between APs (the 
Wireless Distribution System or WDS) is independent of the security between the 
wireless stations and the AP. If you do not enable WDS security, traffic between 
APs is not encrypted. When WDS security is enabled, both APs must use the same 
pre-shared key. See 

 for more details. 

Once the security settings of peer sides match one another, the connection 
between devices is made.

At the time of writing, WDS security is compatible with other ZyXEL access points 
only. Refer to your other access point’s documentation for details.

Figure 2   Bridge Application

Figure 3   Repeater Application

In AP+Bridge mode, the NWA supports both AP and bridge connection at the 
same time.