NETGEAR WAX628 User Manual page 203

Insight Managed WiFi 6 AX5400 Access Point Model WAX628
Setting
Wireless Network
Name (SSID)
Local MAC Address
Remote MAC Address
Network
Authentication, Data
Encryption, and
Passphrase
9. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
10. Configure the WiFi bridge settings on the access point at the other end of the WiFi
bridge and restart that access point.
Note: If the device at the other end of the WiFi bridge is a NETGEAR access point,
you might not need to restart it.
The WiFi bridge is established.
11. Verify connectivity across the LANs of both access points.
If the configuration is set up correctly, a computer on any WiFi or wired LAN segment
of the access point that functions as the WiFi repeater can connect to the Internet
or share files and printers with any other computer or server connected to the access
point that functions as the WiFi base station.
Note: After the WiFi bridge is established, you cannot change the WiFi channel for the
radio on which the WiFi bridge is established.
Set up a WiFi Bridge
Description
The WiFi network name of the network on which the WDS is established. The default
name is Netgear-WDS-x, in which x is the number of the WDS (1, 2, 3, or 4).
Note: The WiFi network name must be identical on the WiFi base station and the
WiFi repeater.
The MAC address of the local WDS radio interface, that is, the MAC address of the
local radio on which the WDS is established. You cannot change this MAC address
on this page. The MAC address is displayed for your information.
Enter this MAC address on the remote access point of the WDS connection.
The MAC address of the remote WDS radio interface, that is, the MAC address of
the remote radio on which the WDS is established.
By default, the selection from the menu is Open, in which case authentication and
data encryption are not applicable. To secure the WDS connection, select WPA2
Personal and specify the following settings:
• Encryption: The data encryption is AES and you cannot change this setting.
• Passphrase: The passphrase for the WDS connection. For you to enable the WDS
connection, the passphrase on the remote access point must match the passphrase
that you define in this field.
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