Configuring A Repeater With Wireless Client Association - NETGEAR DGN3500 User Manual

N300 Wireless Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN3500

Configuring a Repeater with Wireless Client Association

In the repeater mode with wireless client association, the wireless modem router sends all
traffic to a remote AP. For the repeater mode, you must enter the MAC address of the remote
"parent" access point. Alternatively, you can configure the wireless modem router as the
parent by entering the address of a "child" access point. Note that the following restrictions
apply:
You do not have the option of disabling client associations with this wireless modem
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router.
You cannot configure a sequence of parent/child APs. You are limited to only one parent
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AP, although if the wireless modem router is the parent AP, it can connect with up to four
child APs.
The following figure shows an example of a Repeater mode configuration.
Wireless PC
associated
with AP 1
N300 wireless modem router
Internet
192.168.0.1
AP 1 (parent AP in repeater mode)
Figure 46.
To set up a repeater with wireless client association:
Configure the operating mode of the devices.
1
Configure AP 1 (the wireless modem router in
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of AP 2 and AP 3 in the first two Remote MAC Address fields.
Configure AP 2 with the MAC address of AP 1 in the Remote MAC Address field.
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Configure AP 3 with the MAC address of AP 1 in the Remote MAC Address field.
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Verify the following for both access points:
2
The LAN network configuration of each AP is configured to operate in the same LAN
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network address range as the LAN devices.
The APs must be on the same LAN. That is, the LAN IP addresses for the APs must
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be in the same network.
AP 2 in repeater mode
PCs
AP 3 in repeater mode
Figure 46,
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Wireless PC
associated
with AP2
Wireless PC
associated
with AP 3
) on with the MAC address