Your Network Connections
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Wireless base station
. The router acts as the parent access point that bridges traffic to
and from the child repeater access point. The base station also handles wireless and
wired local computers. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC addresses of
the child repeater access point. Often, the MAC address is on the product label.
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Wireless repeater
. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers
to a remote access point. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC address of
the remote parent access point.
The gateway is always in dual-band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one radio. If you
enable the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless base station or wireless repeater
cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you enable the wireless base station in
either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless router or wireless base station,
dual-band concurrent mode is not affected.
Before you can set up a wireless network with WDS, both access points must meet the following
conditions:
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Use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
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Be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all of the access point LAN IP addresses are in
the same network.
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All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) are configured to operate in the same
LAN network address range as the access points.
Set Up the WDS Base Station
You can use the Wireless Repeating Function to set up the base station for a wireless
distribution system (WDS).
The wireless repeating function works only in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be daisy-
chained. You must know the wireless settings for both units. You must know the MAC address
of the remote unit. First, set up the base station, then set up the repeater.
To set up the base station:
Both units must be set up using the same wireless settings. The wireless network name (SSID)
and the wireless mode must be the same and the wireless security option must be set to None.
1. On a computer or wireless device that is connected to your gateway, launch a Web
browser.
2. In the address or URL field of your browser, type
http://myrouter
.
3. When prompted to log in, enter
admin
for the user name and type the password. (The
default password is
password
.)
