User's Manual

Wireless-N 300 Modem Router DGN2200 User Manual
6-24 Advanced Configuration
v1.0, November 2009
Repeater with Wireless Client Association
In the repeater mode with wireless client association, the DGN2200 wireless-N modem router
sends all traffic to a remote AP. For the repeater mode, you must enter the MAC address of the
remote “parent” access point. Alternatively, you can configure the DGN2200 wireless-N modem
router as the parent by entering the address of a “child” access point. Note that the following
restrictions apply:
• You do not have the option of disabling client associations with this DGN2200 wireless-N
modem router.
• You cannot configure a sequence of parent/child APs. You are limited to only one parent AP,
although if the DGN2200 wireless-N modem router is the parent AP, it can connect with up to
four child APs.
The following figure shows an example of a Repeater mode configuration.
To set up a repeater with wireless client association:
1. Configure the operating mode of the devices.
• Configure AP 1 (the DGN2200 wireless-N modem router in Figure 6-18) on with the
MAC address of AP 2 and AP 3 in the first two Remote MAC Address fields.
• Configure AP 2 with the MAC address of AP 1 in the Remote MAC Address field.
• Configure AP 3 with the MAC address of AP 1 in the Remote MAC Address field.
Figure 6-18
Internet
PCs
Wireless PC
192.168.0.1
AP 1 (parent AP in repeater mode)
AP 3 in repeater mode
Wireless PC
associated
with AP 3
AP 2 in repeater mode
associated
with AP2
Wireless PC
with AP 1
associated
DGN2200