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DTUS065 rev A.7 – June 27, 2014
VII.7
Line topology repeater (single radio card)
Using this mode, you can extend the link distance by adding one or more
intermediate repeater devices.
Configuration summary:
Mode: 802.11na, HT mode: 20MHz , channel: 36, country code: FR, ESSID:
ACKSYS. You can obviously change any of these parameters as long as
your choice makes sense.
The repeater role must be seen as one access point and one bridge
infrastructure in the same radio card. In the example above, Product
B
acts
as a bridge with Product A and as an access point with product
C
.
Both products
A
and
B
have the same SSID; in order to avoid associating
with itself, the repeater needs to know the BSSID of the access point with
whom it must associate with (product
A
in this example).
Product
C
is set as a transparent (4-addresses) client. This is the best way to
achieve transparent communication. Other modes (like ARPNAT) would
also work, but with caveats; see section
V.6 – Wired to wireless bridging in
infrastructure mode
for more information.
