Repeater With Wireless Client Association - NETGEAR WAG302 - ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point Reference Manual

NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual

Repeater with Wireless Client Association

In this mode, the WAG302v2 Wireless Access Point sends all traffic to the remote AP. For repeater
mode, you must enter the MAC address of the remote "parent" access point. You can also enter the
address of the "child" access point. Note that the following restrictions apply:
• You do not have the option of disabling client associations with this WAG302v2.
• You cannot configure a sequence of parent/child APs. You are limited to only one parent/child
AP pair.
The figure below shows an example of a Repeater Mode configuration.
Wireless PC
Associated with AP 1
Router
Internet
192.168.0.1
Figure 4-7
To set up a repeater with wireless client association, follow the steps below:
1. Configure the Operating Mode of the WAG302v2 Wireless Access Points.
• Configure AP 1 on LAN Segment 1 with the MAC address of AP 2 in the Remote MAC
Address field.
• Configure AP 2 with the MAC address of AP 1 in the Remote MAC Address field.
2. Verify the following for all access points:
• The LAN network configuration of the WAG302v2 Wireless Access Points are configured
to operate in the same LAN network address range as the LAN devices
• All APs must be on the same LAN. That is, all the APs LAN IP address must be in the
same network.
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Parent AP in Repeater Mode
AP 1
PCs
v1.0, May 2006
AP 2
AP in Repeater Mode
Wireless PC
Associated with AP 2
Wireless PC
Associated with AP 2
Advanced Configuration