Cl.-Brg.-Support

Whereas address adaptation allows only the MAC address of a single attached device to be visible to the access point, client-bridge support provides transparency in that all MAC addresses of the LAN stations behind the client stations are transferred to the access point.

Furthermore, the three MAC addresses usual in client mode are not used for this operating mode (in this example for server, access point and client station), but rather four addresses as with point-to-point connections (the fourth is the MAC address of the station in the LAN of the client station). The fully transparent connection of a LAN to the client station allows targeted transmission of data packets in the WLAN and hence functions such as TFTP downloads, initiated by a broadcast.