User's Manual

Advanced Settings
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D6200 WiFi Modem Router
Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)
You can set the WiFi Modem Router up to be used as a wireless access point (AP). Doing
this setup enables the WiFi modem router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater
connects to another wireless WiFi modem router as a client where the network to which it
connects becomes the ISP service.
Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
A WDS allows a wireless
network to be expanded through multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to
link them. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point
Figure 12. Wireless repeating scenario
Note: If you use the wireless repeating function, you need to select either
WEP or None as a security option in the Wireless Settings screen.
The WEP option displays only if you select the wireless mode Up to
54 Mbps in the Wireless Settings screen.
Wireless Base Station. The WiFi modem router acts as the parent access point, bridging
traffic to and from the child repeater access point, as well as handling wireless and wired
local computers. To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC address of the child
repeater access point.
Wireless Repeater. The WiFi mod
em router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired
computers to a remote access point. To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC
address of the remote parent access point.