Set Up The Base Station - NETGEAR N600 JNDR3000 User Manual

• Wireless MAC of this router. This field displays the MAC address for your router for
your reference. 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 check box.
• 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.
Repeater IP Address. If your router is the repeater, enter the IP address of the other
access point.
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 check box.
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 four other access points. Enter the MAC addresses of the other access
points in these fields.
2. Click the Apply button.

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 SSID and mode need to be the same and the wireless security option has to be set to
None or WEP. For more information, see
2. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating.
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