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NWA1000 Series User’s Guide 28
CHAPTER 4
Tutorial
This chapter first provides an overview of how to configure the wireless LAN on your NWA, and then
gives step-by-step guidelines showing how to configure your NWA for some example scenarios.
4.1 How to Configure the Wireless LAN
This section illustrates how to choose which wireless operating mode to use on the NWA and how to
set up the wireless LAN in each wireless mode. See Section 4.1.2 on page 28 for links to more
information on each step.
4.1.1 Choosing the Wireless Mode
•Use MBSSID (Multiple Basic Service Set Identifier) operating mode if you want to use the NWA
as an access point with some groups of users having different security or QoS settings from other
groups of users. See Section 1.2.1 on page 10 for details.
•Use Client operating mode if you want to use the NWA to access a wireless network. See Section
1.2.2 on page 11 for details.
•Use Root AP operating mode if you want to allow wireless clients to access your wired network
through the NWA and also have repeaters communicate with the NWA to expand wireless
coverage. See Section 1.2.3 on page 13 for details.
•Use Repeater operating mode if you want to use the NWA to communicate with the root AP or
other repeaters. See Section 1.2.4 on page 13 for details.
4.1.2 Further Reading
Use these links to find more information on the steps:
• Choosing 802.11 Mode: see Section 6.4 on page 56.
• Choosing a wireless Channel ID: see Section 6.4 on page 56.
• Choosing a Security mode: see Section 6.6 on page 72.
• Configuring an external RADIUS server: see Section 6.7 on page 78.
•Configuring MAC Filtering: see Section 6.9 on page 82.
4.2 How to Configure Multiple Wireless Networks
In this example, you have been using your NWA as an access point for your office network. Now
your network is expanding and you want to make use of the MBSSID feature (see Section 6.4.4 on