NETGEAR WG602V4 manual Chapter Advanced Configuration, Configuring Access Point Modes

Chapter 4

Advanced Configuration

This chapter describes how to configure the advanced features of your WG602v4 to one of four Access Point Modes or in Client Mode.These features can be found under the Advanced heading in the main menu on the Wireless Settings Wireless Bridging screens.

Configuring Access Point Modes

The NETGEAR WG602v4 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point lets you build large wireless networks. Examples of wireless bridging configurations are:

•Access Point. Standard Access Point mode (default mode). Operates as a standard 802.11g or 802.11b Access Point. In this mode, the WG602 will communicate only with wireless clients.

•Wireless point-to-point bridging. Communicates with single bridge-mode wireless access point.

•Wireless multi-point bridging. Acts as the “master” and communicates with up to four bridge-mode wireless access points. All of the other wireless access points communicate through the WG602v4 when theWG602v4 is in this mode.

•Repeater with Wireless Client Association. Acts as a “repeater” and forwards all traffic to a remote access point.

•Client Mode. Operates as a client bridge only and sends traffic to either a remote access point (Infrastructure) or a peer device (Ad-Hoc). MAC Cloning can also be enabled when in Client Mode by entering the MAC Clone Address.

Warning: If Client Mode is selected, the wireless access point will reboot and all settings will be lost. You must then reconfigure the device.

Configuring a WG602v4 as a Point-to-Point Bridge

In this mode, the WG602v4 will communicate with a single bridge-mode wireless access point when you enter the MAC address (physical address) of the other Bridge Mode Wireless Station. In addition, if you check the Enable Wireless Client Association radio box, wireless clients will

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