Specifications

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FRITZ!Box as a Repeater
1. Start a web browser.
2. Enter fritz.box
in the address field.
The FRITZ!Box user interface opens.
3. Make sure that the expert mode is enabled in the
“System / Expert Mode” menu.
4. Check under “WLAN / Radio Network” to make sure
that the same frequency band is set as in the WDS
base station. Click “Apply”.
5. Open “WLAN /WDS” and check the checkbox in front
of the “WDS enabled” setting.
6. Select the “Repeater” setting as the operation mode.
7. Select from the “WLAN Devices” list the WLAN device
that should be used as the WDS base station.
8. If the FRITZ!Box is to be operated as a repeater, you
must change its IP settings in the “IP Settings for Re-
peater Operation” area.
– IP address: Enter here the IP address for this
FRITZ!Box, taking the following into consider-
ation: The IP address must be different from the IP
address of the WDS base station and must be
from the IP address range of the WDS base sta-
tion. Keep in mind that the IP address may not
come from the address pool of the DHCP server of
the WDS base station.
– Subnet mask: Enter, fo instance, the value
“255.255.255.0” in this field. For more informa-
tion, see the “subnet mask” entry in the glossary
on page 185.
– Default gateway: Enter the IP address of the base
station here.
– Primary DNS server: Enter the IP address of the
base station here.
– Secondary DNS server: Enter the IP address of a
second DNS server here.
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