User's Manual

Advanced Settings
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Mobile LTE Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1516
Repeater IP Address. If your router is the repeater, enter the IP address of the other
access point.
Disable Wireless Client Association. If your rou
ter is the repeater, selecting this check
box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN client associations are
allowed.
- If you are
setting up a point-to-point bridge, select this check box.
- If you wan
t all client traffic to go through the other access point (repeater with wireless
client association), leave this check box cleared.
Base Station MAC Address. If your route
r is the repeater, enter the MAC address for the
access point that is the base station.
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ireless Base Station. If your router is the base station, select this check box.
Disable Wireless Client Association. If your rou
ter is the base station, selecting this
check box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN client
associations are allowed.
Repeater MAC Address (1 through 4). If your route
r is the base station, it can act as the
“parent” of up to 4 other access points. Enter the MAC addresses of the other access
points in these fields.
Set Up the Base Station
The wireless repeating function works only in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be
daisy-chained. You have to know the wireless settings for both units. You have to know the
MAC address of the remote unit. First, set up the base station, and then set up the repeater.
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To set up the base station:
1. Set up bo
th units with exactly the same wireless settings (SSID, mode, channel, and
security). Note that the wireless security option has to be set to None or WEP.
2. Select Adva
nced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating Function to display the
Wireless Repeating Function screen.
3. In
the Wireless Repeating Function screen (depending on the frequency you want to use),
select the Enable Wireless Repeating Function check box and select the Wireless Base
Station radio button.
4. Enter th
e MAC address for one or more repeater units.
5. Click Apply to
save your changes.
Set Up a Repeater Unit
Use a wired Ethernet connection to set up the repeater unit to avoid conflicts with the wireless
connection to the base station.