Advantek Networks AWR-11N-RT User Manual page 51

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(3) Repeater – AP router will act as a repeater, interconnecting between access points. WDS
peers can be determined by the user ("Restricted" mode) or auto-detected ("Lazy" mode). In
repeater mode, access points have the ability to provide a wireless upstream link into the
wired network rather than the normal wired link. As you can see the below diagram, one
access point serves as the Restricted access point and the other serves as a wireless
repeater.
The access point in repeater mode connects to clients as an access point and connects to the
upstream restricted access point as a client itself. Using an access point in Repeater mode is
not suggested unless absolutely necessary because cells around each access point in the
scenario must overlap by minimum of 50%.This configuration drastically reduces the range at
which clients can connect to the repeater access point. Additionally, the repeater access point
is communicating with the client as well as the upstream access point over the wireless link,
reducing throughput on the wireless segment. Users attached to the repeater access point will
likely experience low throughput and high latencies in the scenario. It is typical for wired
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