Repeater With Wireless Client Association - NETGEAR ProSafe WG102 Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point WG102

Repeater with Wireless Client Association

In this mode, the WG102 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 WG102.
• 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 21
Router
Internet
192.168.0.1
Figure 5-9
To set up a repeater with wireless client association, follow the steps below:
1. Configure the Operating Mode of the WG102 Access Points.
• Configure AP 1 on LAN Segment 1 as the Parent in Repeater mode with the its own MAC
address in the Parent AP MAC Address field, and the MAC Address of the 'downstream'
AP (AP 2) in the Child AP MAC Address field.
• Configure AP 2 in the Child Repeater mode with its MAC addresses as in the Child AP
MAC Address field and the MAC address of the 'upstream' AP (AP 1) in the Parent MAC
Address field.
2. Verify the following for all access points:
• The LAN network configuration of the WG102 Access Points are configured to operate in
the same LAN network address range as the LAN devices
AP 1
Parent AP in Repeater Mode
PCs
v1.0, November 2005
AP 2
Child AP in Repeater Mode
Wireless PC
Associated with AP 2
Wireless PC
Associated with AP 2
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