Repeater - ZyXEL Communications NWA1000 Series User Manual

Chapter 2 Management Modes

2.2.2 Repeater

The NWA1000 Series can act as a wireless network repeater to extend a root AP's wireless network
range, and also establish wireless connections with wireless clients.
Using Repeater mode, your NWA1000 Series can extend the range of the WLAN. In the figure below, the
NWA1000 Series in Repeater mode (Z) has a wireless connection to the NWA1000 Series in Root AP mode
(X) which is connected to a wired network and also has a wireless connection to another NWA1000
Series in Repeater mode (Y) at the same time. Z and Y act as repeaters that forward traffic between
associated wireless clients and the wired LAN. Clients A and B access the AP and the wired network
behind the AP through repeaters Z and Y.
Figure 4 Repeater Application
When the NWA1000 Series is in Repeater mode, repeater security between the NWA1000 Series and
other repeater is independent of the security between the wireless clients and the AP or repeater. When
repeater security is enabled, both APs and repeaters must use the same pre-shared key. See Section
10.2 on page 79 and Section 13.2 on page 117 for more details.
Once the security settings of peer sides match one another, the connection between devices is made.
At the time of writing, repeater security is compatible with the NWA1000 Series only.
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