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WAX206 in Bridge Mode: Select AP via MAC address
Hello, in latest firmware 1.0.4.0 the WAX206 now supports Bridge Mode. No repeating, no wifi AP - only logging into an exisiting wireless network as a client and supplying this network to up to 4...
The problem is that the designation as a "Wireless Bridge" is misleading if not wrong. The feature effectively implemented is a "Wireless Client with multiple LAN Ports". And a wireless client can (by definition) connect to whatever it considers to be the best AP offering that SSID and connect to that same network.
A wireless client as such (just like a PC, mobile, ...) can't be forced to use a specific BSSID (the SSID radio MAC) - this is asked very often around Mesh systems btw., because it does not connect to the AP we would consider the best.