Cisco Cisco Aironet 340 Ethernet Bridges Guia Do Utilizador

The Aironet 340 Series Bridge allows the connections of two or more 
remote Ethernet LAN’s into a single virtual LAN. Workstations on each 
of the remote LAN’s may communicate with each other as though they 
were on the same physical LAN. The Aironet 340 Series Bridge can also 
function as a Radio Access Point and provide transparent, wireless data 
communications between the wired LAN (and/or within the Radio Net-
work) and fixed, portable or mobile devices equipped with a wireless 
adapter employing the same modulation.

The Aironet 340 Series Bridge transports data packets transparently as 
they move through the Wireless Infrastructure. 

The bridge is also protocol independent for all packets, except those 
either addressed specifically to the bridge or sent as multicast address 
packets.

Depending on the address, packets will be processed as follows: 

n All packets, except those either addressed specifically to the bridge 

or sent as multicast address packets, will be processed without 
examining the contents of the packet and without regard to the 
protocol used.

n Packets addressed specifically to the bridge will be examined by 

looking at the protocol header. If the protocol is recognized, the 
packet will be processed.

n Multicast address packets will also be examined by looking at the 

protocol header, but will be processed whether the protocol is 
recognized or not.