Wireless Repeating Function; Set Up The Base Station - NETGEAR JWNR2000v2 User Manual

Wireless Repeating Function

You can view or change wireless repeater settings for the router. From the main menu of the
browser interface, under Advanced, click Wireless Repeating Function to display the
Wireless Repeating Function screen.
The router supports two modes of the wireless repeating function, and allows you to control
wireless client association:
Wireless Repeater. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers
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to a remote access point. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC address of the
remote parent access point.
Wireless Base Station. The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and
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from the child repeater access point, as well as handling wireless and wired local
computers. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC addresses of the child
repeater access point.
Disable Wireless Client Association. Usually this check box is cleared so that the
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router is an access point for wireless computers.
If this check box is selected, the router communicates wirelessly only with other APs
whose MAC addresses are listed in this screen. The router still communicates with
wire-connected LAN devices.

Set Up the Base Station

The wireless repeating function works only in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be
daisy chained. You must know the wireless settings for both units. You must 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:
Set up both units with exactly the same wireless settings (SSID, mode, channel, and
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security). Note that the wireless security option must be set to None or WEP.
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