NETGEAR MBRN3000 User Manual page 84

Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router MBRN3000 User Manual
The following figure shows an example of a Repeater Mode configuration.
Wireless PC
associated with AP 1
Internet
Figure 5-12
To set up a repeater with wireless client association:
1. Configure the operating mode of the devices.
• Configure AP 1 the MBRN3000 router in the previous figure) on LAN Segment 1 with the
MAC address 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.
• Configure AP 3 with the MAC address of AP 1 in the Remote MAC Address field.
2. Verify the following for both access points:
• The APs must be on the same LAN. That is, the LAN IP addresses for the APs must be in
the same subnet.
• AP devices must use the same SSID, channel, authentication mode, and encryption.
3. Disable the DHCP servers on repeaters AP2 and AP3. AP1 will then be the DHCP server.
4. Verify connectivity across the LANs. A computer on any LAN segment should be able to
connect to the Internet or share files and printers with any other PCs or servers connected to
any of the three WLAN segments.
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MBRN3000 Router is AP 1
(parent in AP Repeater mode)
AP 1
192.168.0.1
PCs
v1.0, October 2009
AP 2 in Repeater mode
AP 3 in Repeater mode
Advanced Configuration
Wireless PC
associated with
AP2
Wireless PC
associated with
AP 3