Owner's Manual

Advanced Settings
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N300 Wireless Router JWNR2000v3
Wireless Repeating Function
You can configure the router to be used as a wireless access point (AP), which enables it to
act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater connects to another wireless router as a client
where the network to which it connects becomes the ISP service.
Note: If you use the wireless repeating function, 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 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.
Internet
Repeater
access point
Base station
access point
The scenario includes these components:
• W
ireless base station. The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and
from the child repeater access point. The base station also handles wireless and wired
local computers. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC addresses of the child
repeater access point.
• W
ireless repeater. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers
to a remote access point. To configure this mode, you must know the MAC address of the
remote parent access point.