Set Up The Base Station - NETGEAR N900 User Manual

• Repeater IP Address. If your router is the repeater, enter the IP address of the
other access point.
• Disable Wireless Client Association. If your router is the repeater, selecting this
check box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN client
associations are allowed.
• If you are setting up a point-to-point bridge, select this check box.
• If you want all client traffic to go through the other access point (repeater with
wireless client association), leave this check box cleared.
• Base Station MAC Address. If your router is the repeater, enter the MAC
address for the access point that is the base station.
• Wireless Base Station. If your router is the base station, select this radio button.
• Disable Wireless Client Association. If your router is the base station, selecting
this check box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN
client associations are allowed.
• Repeater MAC Address (1 through 4). If your router is the base station, it can
act as the "parent" of up to 4 other access points. Enter the MAC addresses of the
other access points in these fields.
3. Click Apply to save your settings.

Set Up the Base Station

The wireless repeating function works only in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be
daisy-chained. You have to know the wireless settings for both units. You have to know the
MAC address of the remote unit. First, set up the base station, and then set up the repeater.
To set up the base station:
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1. Set up both units with the same wireless settings (SSID, mode, channel, and security).
The wireless security option has to be set to None or WEP.
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