Operating Instructions and Installation Instructions

Setting up a WDS
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Configuring FRITZ!Box as a Repeater
WDS Repeater As a WDS repeater, the FRITZ!Box extends the range of a
WDS base station in the wireless network.
For instructions on how to set up the FRITZ!Box as a WDS
base station, start reading from page 138.
To set up the FRITZ!Box as a WDS repeater, proceed as di-
rected below:
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 setting is enabled in the
“System / Expert Mode” menu and click “Apply”.
4. Open the “WLAN / Radio Network” menu.
5. If the wireless network (WLAN) is not enabled yet, en-
able the setting “WLAN radio network active” and
then click “Apply”.
6. Click the “WDS” menu command.
7. Enable the “WDS enabled” setting.
8. Select the “Repeater” option as the operating mode.
9. Select from the “WLAN Devices” list the WLAN device
that should be used as the WDS base station.
10. If the FRITZ!Box is to be operated as a WDS repeater,
you must change its IP settings.
– IP address: Enter here an IP address for this
FRITZ!Box that fulfills the following criteria: The IP
address must be different from the IP address of
the WDS base station, and must come from the IP
network of the WDS base station. Keep in mind
that the IP address may not come from the ad-
dress range of the DHCP server of the WDS base
station.