User's Manual

Advanced Settings
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N450 Wireless Router WNR2500
Note: When you click the Apply button, the IP address of the router
changes and you are disconnected. To reconnect, close and restart
your web browser, and type http://www.routerlogin.net.
Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
You can set up the router to be used as a wireless base station or wireless repeater in a
wireless distribution system (WDS). A WDS lets you expand a wireless network through
multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to link them. A wireless base
station connects to the Internet, can have wired and wireless clients, and sends its wireless
signal to an access point that functions as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater can also
have wired and wireless clients, but connects to the Internet through the wireless base
station.
The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point
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Figure 10. Wireless repeating scenario
The router can function either as a base station or as a repeater:
• Wireless base station. The 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