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Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1000
• You cannot configure a sequence of parent/child access points. You are limited to only
one parent access point, although if the MBR1000 router is the parent access point, it can
connect with up to four child access points.
The following figure shows an example of a Repeater Mode configuration.
Figure 6 Repeater Mode
To set up a repeater with wireless client association:
1. Configure the operating mode of the devices.
• Configure AP 1 the MBR1000 router in the previous figure) on LAN Segment 1 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.
2. Verify the following for both access points:
• The access points must be on the same LAN. That is, the LAN IP addresses for the
access points must be in the same subnet.
• Access point devices must use the same SSID, channel, authentication mode, and
encryption.
3. Disable the DHCP servers on repeaters AP2 and AP3. AP1 will then be the DHCP server.
4. Verify 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 three WLAN segments.
AP 1
PCs
AP 3 in Repeater mode
Wireless PC
associated with
Wireless PC
associated with
Wireless PC
associated with AP 1
AP 2 in Repeater mode
MBRN3000 Router is AP 1
(parent in AP Repeater mode)
AP 3
AP2
192.168.0.1
Internet