Before You Connect The Fritz!Wlan Repeater; Operation Requirements - Fritz! WLAN Repeater 300E Configuring And Troubleshooting

Before You Connect the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater

2 Before You Connect the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater
Read this chapter before connecting the
FRITZ!WLAN Repeater to the power supply and the WLAN base
station.
2.1

Operation Requirements

In order to operate the FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 300E, you must
have the following:
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FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 300E
Your WLAN base station (WLAN access point) must sup-
port the IEEE 802.11n, 802.11g/a or 802.11b standard
and use either the 2.4 or 5 GHz frequency band.
The WLAN base station must support automatic IP ad-
dress assignment (DHCP).
The WLAN base station must support forwarding of IP-
based protocols/Address Resolution Protocol.
For the first configuration of the WLAN: The SSID (radio
network name) must be set to "visible" and the MAC ad-
dress filter must be disabled. For a FRITZ!Box both set-
tings are configured upon delivery.
For WPS functionality: a WPS-compliant WLAN base sta-
tion with up-to-date firmware
For the first configuration of the WLAN without WPS: a
WLAN client that supports the WPA encryption standard.
For the first configuration of the WLAN using the Installa-
tion Wizard: Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista or
Windows XP, Internet access
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