The 7705 SAR-Hm WLAN interface can operate both as a station and as an AP at the same time. This is possible when one of the WLAN AP ports is configured and the station port is also configured.
When the configure>card>mda>wlan-radio>channel command is set either to auto or to a specific channel, the station will scan and look for an SSID that it can connect to. The WLAN APs that are configured on the node will go down until the station connects to a channel. When the station connects to the SSID using the channel provided, the WLAN APs will also use the same channel.
When the WLAN MDA is operating concurrently as an AP and as a station and the configured frequency band of the WLAN radio MDA changes for example, from 2.4 GHz to 5 GHz or from 5 GHz to 2.4 GHz, a clear mda 1/4 command must be issued to ensure the station connects to a remote AP.
When the WLAN MDA is operating concurrently as an AP and as a station, the following restrictions apply:
the 40 MHz bandwidth is not supported
channels 149 to 165 are not supported