Wireless Repeating Function - NETGEAR N900 User Manual

Wireless repeater. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers to a
remote access point. To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC address of the
remote parent access point.
The router is always in dual-band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one radio. If you
enable the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless base station or wireless
repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you enable the wireless base
station in either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless router or wireless base
station, dual-band concurrent mode is not affected.
For you to set up a wireless network with WDS, the following conditions have to be met for
both access points:
• Both access points have to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
• Both access points have to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point
LAN IP addresses are in the same network.
• All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) have to be configured to operate in the
same LAN network address range as the access points.

Wireless Repeating Function

1. Select Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating:
2. View or change the wireless repeater settings for the router:
• Enable Wireless Repeating Function. Select the check box for the 2.4 GHz or 5
GHz network to use the wireless repeating function.
• Wireless MAC of this router. This field displays the MAC address for your router for
your reference. You have to enter this MAC address in the corresponding Wireless
Repeating Function screen of the other access point you are using.
• Wireless Repeater. If your router is the repeater, select this radio button.
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