NETGEAR DGN3500-100NAS user manual Building Wireless Bridging and Repeating Networks

RangeMax Wireless-N DSL Gigabit Modem Router DGN3500 User Manual

3.To save, cancel your changes, or refresh the table:

•Click Apply to save the new settings to the modem router.

•Click Cancel to disregard any unsaved changes.

•Click Refresh to update the portmap table and to show the active ports that are currently opened by UPnP devices.

Building Wireless Bridging and Repeating Networks

With the DGN3500 modem router, you can build large bridged wireless networks that form an IEEE 802.11n Wireless Distribution System (WDS). Using the modem router with other access points (APs) and wireless devices, you can connect clients by using their MAC addresses rather than by specifying IP addresses.

Here are some examples of wireless bridged configurations:

•Point-to-point bridge. The modem router communicates with another bridge-mode wireless station. See “Configuring a Point-to-Point Bridge Configuration.”

•Multi-point bridge. The modem router is the “master” for a group of bridge-mode wireless stations. Then all traffic is sent to this master, rather than to other access points. See “Configuring a Repeater with Wireless Client Association.”

•Repeater with wireless client association. Sends all traffic to the remote access point. See “Configuring a Repeater with Wireless Client Association.”

Note: The wireless bridging and repeating feature uses the default security profile to send and receive traffic.

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