
Nighthawk AC1750 Smart WiFi Router
Internet through the wireless base station. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Base station
access point
Repeater access point
Figure 13. Wireless repeating scenario
Note: For you to use the wireless repeating function, security for your router cannot be enabled and the router cannot use the auto channel feature.
You must set up a wireless base station and a wireless repeater:
•Wireless base station. The router acts as the parent access point that bridges traffic to and from the child repeater access point. The base station also handles wireless and wired local computers. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC addresses of the child repeater access point. Often, the MAC address is on the product label.
•Wireless repeater. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers to a remote access point. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC address of the remote parent access point.
The router is always in
Before you can set up a wireless network with WDS, both access points must meet the following conditions:
•Use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
•Be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all of the access point LAN IP addresses are in the same network.
•All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) are configured to operate in the same LAN network address range as the access points.