In Bridge mode, the router will connect to up to four Vigor1000 which use the same mode,
and all wired Ethernet clients of every Vigor1000 will be connected together. You can use this
mode to connect a network to other networks which is physically isolated. Please note that
when you set to this mode, Vigor1000 will not accept regular wireless clients anymore.
In Repeater mode, the router will connect to up to four Vigor1000 which use the same mode,
and all wired Ethernet clients of every Vigor1000 will be connected together. You can use this
mode to connect a network to other networks which is physically isolated. When you use this
mode, this access point is still able to accept wireless clients.
Click WDS from Wireless LAN menu. The following page will be shown.
Available settings are explained as follows:
Item
Mode
Security
Vigor1000 Series User's Guide
Description
Choose the mode for WDS setting. Disable mode will not
invoke any WDS setting. Bridge Mode is designed to
fulfill the first type of application. Repeater Mode is for
the second one.
There are four types for security, Disabled, WEP, TKIP
and Key or Peer Mac Address field valid or not. Choose
one of the types for the router. Please disable the unused
link to get better performance.
Key- Type 8 ~ 63 ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal
digits leading by "0x".
Peer Mac Address- Four peer MAC addresses are allowed
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