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SSID to associate with the NWA in Root AP mode. A repeater must use the repeater SSID to
connect to the NWA in Root AP mode.
When the NWA is in Root AP mode, repeater security between the NWA and other repeater is
independent of the security between the wireless clients and the AP or repeater. When repeater
security is enabled, both APs and repeaters must use the same pre-shared key. See
for more details.
Unless specified, the term “security settings” refers to the traffic between the wireless clients and
the AP. At the time of writing, repeater security is compatible with the NWA only.
1.1.4 Repeater
The NWA can act as a wireless network repeater to extend a root AP’s wireless network range, and
also establish wireless connections with wireless clients.
Using Repeater mode, your NWA can extend the range of the WLAN. In the figure below, the NWA
in Repeater mode (
Z
) has a wireless connection to the NWA in Root AP mode (
X
) which is
connected to a wired network and also has a wireless connection to another NWA in Repeater mode
(
Y
) at the same time.
Z
and
Y
act as repeaters that forward traffic between associated wireless
clients and the wired LAN. Clients
A
and
B
access the AP and the wired network behind the AP
through repeaters
Z
and
Y
.
Figure 4
Repeater Application
When the NWA is in Repeater mode, repeater security between the NWA and other repeater is
independent of the security between the wireless clients and the AP or repeater. When repeater
security is enabled, both APs and repeaters must use the same pre-shared key. See
for more details.
Once the security settings of peer sides match one another, the connection between devices is
made.
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