by thelowend » Tue Sep 24, 2002 8:25 am
Newbie to post, been lurking for a while now... anyway,
I recently purchased two WAP11 v2.2 Access Points to replace two older Breezecom units that were limited to 40-bit WEP. The Breezecoms also did not give me the ability to turn off the SSID broadcast or filter by MAC address.
Configuration of the WAP11s proved quite simple, but I immediately discovered a couple of things that are keeping me from using these units in the way I intended.
Here is what I have discovered:
Issue One:
When both units are configured for Point-to-Point Bridging, static addressed PCs work fine through the bridge. A DHCPed PC located across the wireless bridge from the DHCP server does NOT get an IP address. This is remedied by configuring one WAP11 as an Access Point and the other has an Access Point client. For whatever reason, it works this way. This is not how I intended on using these units.
Issue Two:
One of the security features I specifically looked for when researching APs (for the company I work for) was the ability to turn off the SSID broadcast. When I disable SSID Broadcast in Point-to-Point Bridging mode, wireless communication works (Issue One still applies however), but in AP-AP client mode, communication across the wireless link does not work at all.
Has anyone else here configured there WAP11 v2.2 units this way, and if so, did you experience any of the same troubles?
- J