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Table 38. Wireless signal repeating profile and authentication settings (continued)
Setting | Description |
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Network Authentication |
| TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) is the standard |
and |
| encryption method used with |
Data Encryption |
| selection possible from the Data Encryption |
(continued) |
| In the WPA Passphrase (Network Key) field, enter a |
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| passphrase. The passphrase length needs to be between |
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| 8 and 63 characters (inclusive). |
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| AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is the standard |
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| encryption method used with |
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| selection possible from the Data Encryption |
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| In the WPA Passphrase (Network Key) field, enter a |
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| passphrase. The passphrase length needs to be between |
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| 8 and 63 characters (inclusive). |
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| Note: NETGEAR recommends |
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| with AES encryption if you want to use the 11n rates and |
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| speed. |
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h.Click Apply to save your security profile settings. The Bridging screen displays again.
i.Repeat Step e through Step h for any other security profile that you want to edit.
For example, first configure security profile
2.Activate repeater mode on the wireless access point (AP2 in Figure 73 on page 126):
a.On the Bridging screen, select the Enable Wireless Bridging check box.
b.Select the Wireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge radio button.
c.Clear the Enable Wireless Client Association check box to disable wireless client association (see the red circle in Figure 74 on page 127).
Note: If you do not clear the Enable Wireless Client Association check box, the wireless access point functions in regular
d.If the correct profile names and security options are displayed in the table, select the check boxes in the Enable column for all security profiles that you want to enable.
e.Click Apply on the Bridging screen to activate your repeater settings.
3.Configure AP1 on LAN Segment 1 (see Figure 73 on page 126) in repeater mode with the remote MAC address of AP2.
4.Configure AP3 on LAN Segment 3 (see Figure 73 on page 126) in repeater mode with the remote MAC address of AP2.