Wireless Repeating Function (Wds) - NETGEAR DGND4000 User Manual

N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL Modem Router DGND4000

Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)

You can set the N750 Modem Router up to be used as a wireless access point (AP). Doing
this setup enables the wireless modem router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless
repeater connects to another wireless wireless modem router as a client where the network
to which it connects becomes the ISP service.
Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distribution System (WDS). A WDS allows a wireless
network to be expanded through multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to
link them. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Figure 11. Wireless repeating scenario
Note: If you use the wireless repeating function, you need to select either
WEP or None as a security option in the Wireless Settings screen.
The WEP option displays only if you select the wireless mode Up to
54 Mbps in the Wireless Settings screen.
Wireless Base Station. The wireless modem 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 have to know the MAC address of the child
repeater access point.
Base station
access point
Advanced Settings
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Repeater
access point