Selecting Router Or Access Point Mode - Hercules HWNRi-300 User Manual

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5.4.5. Selecting router or access point mode

In WiFi Manager N, you can switch your Hercules Wireless N Router between router and access point modes.
Router mode lets you access the Internet from several computers in your home and share your data on a
local area network. Access point mode lets you provide wireless and Ethernet access to different
neighboring devices.
If you already have a router and decide to use router mode, you will have two firewalls, and two routing
functions for two redundant WiFi networks (that of your router if it is equipped with a WiFi function, and that of
your Hercules Wireless N Router). In that case, it is preferable to opt for access point mode, which disables
the router function. In this mode, only a single WiFi network exists to which all of your computers and WiFi
devices will connect. You should therefore disable the WiFi function of your modem/router if it is equipped
with one.
To select router or access point mode:
- On the WiFi Manager N home page, click the
Expert mode button.
- In the Internet firewall tab, click the DDNS
option.
- Tick the Enable DDNS box.
- Select the DDNS provider to which you have
subscribed, then enter the required information
(username and password).
These items of information were supplied when
you subscribed to the service.
- Click the Apply button to validate your choice.
- On the WiFi Manager N home page, click the
Expert mode button.
- In the Router/AP mode tab, click the
Router/AP mode option.
- Tick the box corresponding to the mode you
wish to use.
The mode selected during the installation is
ticked by default.
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