NETGEAR AirBridge WBC502 Hardware Installation Manual page 24

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connect multiple wired devices. If you connect a WiFi access point to the switch, you
can also provide a WiFi connection to multiple WiFi clients at the detached site.
Each device at the detached site is connected to the Internet over the WiFi connection
to the main site, but each device functions on a different LAN from the devices at the
main site. That is, the main site and detached site are entirely separate networks.
To provide a WiFi Internet connection to a detached, independent network, complete
the following high-level steps:
1. At the main site, configure one AirBridge as a master and enable the AirBridge mode.
The master must be connected to the Internet over a wired connection, for example,
through a router.
2. Configure another AirBridge as a satellite, enable the AirBridge mode, and establish
the WiFi connection.
3. At the detached site, reestablish the WiFi connection between the satellite and the
master.
The master provides the Internet connection to the satellite over a long-distance
WiFi connection.
4. Connect the satellite to the Internet port on a router.
The wired Internet connection to the router must come exclusively from the satellite.
You can connect one or multiple wired devices to the router, for example, using a
switch. The network at the detached site is an independent network so that the
devices function in a different LAN from the devices on the network at the main site.
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