N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800

Disable Wireless Client Association. If your router is the repeater, selecting this check box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN client associations are allowed.

-If you are setting up a point-to-point bridge, select this check box.

-If you want all client traffic to go through the other access point (repeater with wireless client association), leave this check box cleared.

Base Station MAC Address. If your router is the repeater, enter the MAC address for the access point that is the base station.

Wireless Base Station. If your router is the base station, select this check box.

Disable Wireless Client Association. If your router is the base station, selecting this check box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN client associations are allowed.

Repeater MAC Address (1 through 4). If your router is the base station, it can act as the “parent” of up to 4 other access points. Enter the MAC addresses of the other access points in these fields.

Set Up the Base Station

The wireless repeating function works only in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be daisy-chained. You have to know the wireless settings for both units. You have to know the MAC address of the remote unit. First, set up the base station, and then set up the repeater.

To set up the base station:

1.Set up both units with exactly the same wireless settings (SSID, mode, channel, and security). Note that the wireless security option has to be set to None or WEP.

Advanced Settings

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NETGEAR WNDR3800 user manual Set Up the Base Station,  To set up the base station