N300 Wireless Router WNR2000v4
The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Base station | Repeater |
access point | access point |
Figure 10. Wireless repeating scenario
The router can function either as a base station or as a repeater:
•Wireless base station. The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and from the child repeater access point, as well as handling wireless and wired local computers. To configure this mode, you need to know the MAC addresses of the child repeater access point.
•Wireless repeater. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers to a remote access point. To configure this mode, you need to know the MAC address of the remote parent access point.
For you to set up a wireless network in a WDS, the following conditions need to be met for both access points:
•Both access points need to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
•Both access points need to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point LAN IP addresses are in the same network.
•All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) need to be configured to operate in the same LAN network address range as the access points.
•The channel selection on the access points cannot be Auto (see Basic Wireless Settings on page 27).
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