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advanced_scenarios [2023/09/25 00:32] – [Advanced Scenarios Notes] -formatting-bullet Notes points hogwildadvanced_scenarios [2024/11/12 03:12] (current) – [Scenario 2: WiFi for Site-to-Site Connectivity] -clarity, condense hogwild
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 In most cases, a traditional consumer router works best in only one scenario. It connects your wired/wireless LAN clients to an Internet provider via a single physical WAN port on the router. In FreshTomato, this concept has been abstracted. Each physical or wireless router interface can be customized to work as WAN or LAN interface. This allows for some creative scenarios. Let's discuss some common examples. In most cases, a traditional consumer router works best in only one scenario. It connects your wired/wireless LAN clients to an Internet provider via a single physical WAN port on the router. In FreshTomato, this concept has been abstracted. Each physical or wireless router interface can be customized to work as WAN or LAN interface. This allows for some creative scenarios. Let's discuss some common examples.
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-However, this is not always possible. Both Wireless Ethernet Bridge and Media Bridge modes allow you to extend the LAN from one building to another. However, if you have a large number of clients, and end-to-end LAN connectivity isn't a prerequisite, you might want to use Wireless Client mode. Doing so will stop broadcast packets, from crossing the WiFi link, or at least reduce them to a minimum. Of course, intra-LAN communication over the single wireless link is limited in capacity, but works well enough for low-bandwidth traffic. Setting the two wireless LANs to the same SSID usename/password will allows clients to roam freely between buildings, retaining WiFi connectivity at both sites.+However, this is not always possible. Both Wireless Ethernet Bridge and Media Bridge modes allow you to extend the LAN from one building to another. 
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 +If you have a large number of clients, and end-to-end LAN connectivity isn't a prerequisite, you might consider using Wireless Client mode. Doing so will stop broadcast packets from crossing the WiFi link, or at least reduce them to a minimum. Of course, intra-LAN (within the LAN) communication over that one wireless link will have limited capacity, but it will work well enough for low-bandwidth traffic. Setting the two wireless LANs to the same SSID username/password will allows clients to roam freely between buildings, retaining WiFi connectivity at both sites.
  
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