NETGEAR WG302v2 manual Parent AP in Repeater Mode

NETGEAR ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point WG302v2 Reference Manual

•You do not have the option of disabling client associations with this WG302v2.

•You cannot configure a sequence of parent/child APs. You are limited to only one parent/child AP pair.

The figure below shows an example of a Repeater Mode configuration.

Internet

AP 1	Parent AP in Repeater Mode
Wireless PC	Wireless PC
Associated with AP 1	Associated with AP 2
	AP 2
Router	AP in Repeater Mode

192.168.0.1

PCs

Figure 4-7

Wireless PC Associated with AP 2

To set up a repeater with wireless client association, follow the steps below:

1.Configure the Operating Mode of the ProSafe 802.11g devices.

•Configure AP 1 on LAN Segment 1 with the MAC address of AP 2 in the Remote MAC Address field.

•Configure AP 2 with the MAC address of AP 1 in the Remote MAC Address field.

2.Verify the following for all access points:

•The LAN network configuration of the ProSafe 802.11g devices are configured to operate in the same LAN network address range as the LAN devices

•All APs must be on the same LAN. That is, all the APs LAN IP address must be in the same network.

•If using DHCP, all ProSafe 802.11g devices should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP Client)” in the IP Address Source portion of the Basic IP Settings menu.

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v1.0, May 2006