User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP360
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Installation and Basic Configuration
- 3. Wireless Configuration and Security
- 4. Management
- 5. Advanced Configuration
- 6. Troubleshooting
- Basic Functioning
- You Cannot Access the Internet or the LAN from a Wireless-Capable Computer
- You Cannot Configure the Wireless Access Point from a Browser
- When You Enter a URL or IP Address a Time-Out Error Occurs
- Troubleshooting a TCP/IP Network Using the Ping Utility
- Problems with Date and Time
- Use the Packet Capture Tool
- A. Supplemental Information
- B. Command-Line Reference
- C. Notification of Compliance
- Index
Advanced Configuration
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ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP360
3. Activate repeater mode on the wireless access point (AP2 in Figure 59 on page 98):
a. On the Bridging screen, select the Enable W
ireless Bridging check box.
b. Select the Wireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge radio butto
n.
c. Clear the Enable Wi
reless Client Association check box to disable wireless client
association (see the red circle in Figure 60 on page 99).
Note: If you do not clear the Enable Wireless Client Association check box,
the wireless access point functions in regular point-to-multipoint
bridge mode.
d. If the correct profile names and security options are displayed in the table, select the
check boxes in the Enable column for all security profiles that you want to enable.
e. Click Apply in the Bridging
screen to activate your repeater settings.
4. Configure AP1 on LAN Segment 1 (see Fig
ure 59 on page 98) in repeater mode with the
remote MAC address of AP2.
5. Configure AP3 on LAN Segment 3 (see Fig
ure 59 on page 98) in repeater mode with the
remote MAC address of AP2.
6. Verify the following for all wireless access points:
•
All APs need t
o be on the same LAN, that is, the LAN IP addresses of all APs need to
be in the same network as the LAN devices.
• If you use DHCP, all wireless access points need to obt
ain an IP address
automatically (as a DHCP client). For more information, see Configure IP Settings
and Optional DHCP Server Settings on p
age 21.
• All wireless access points need to
use the same channel, authentication mode, and
security settings.
7. V
erify connectivity across the LANs:
• A computer on
any LAN segment should be able to connect to the Internet or share
files and printers with any other PCs or servers connected to any of the two LAN
segments.
Note: You can extend repetition of the wireless signal by adding up to two
more wireless access points that are configured in
point-to-multipoint bridge mode without client association. Also, you
can extend the range of the wireless network with NETGEAR
wireless antenna accessories.