User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Technical Support
- Trademarks
- Statement of Conditions
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance Notice: Radio Frequency Notice
- Antenna Statement for North America and Australia
- Industry Canada Compliance Statement
- Product and Publication Details
- Contents
- Chapter 1 About This Manual
- Chapter 2 Introduction
- Chapter 3 Basic Installation and Configuration
- Chapter 4 Management
- Chapter 5 Advanced Configuration
- Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
- No lights are lit on the access point.
- The Wireless LAN activity light does not light up.
- The LAN light is not lit.
- I cannot access the Internet or the LAN with a wireless capable computer.
- I cannot connect to the WAG302 to configure it.
- When I enter a URL or IP address I get a timeout error.
- Using the Reset Button to Restore Factory Default Settings
- Appendix A Specifications
- Appendix B Wireless Networking Basics
- Appendix C Command Line Reference
- Glossary
Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302
Advanced Configuration 5-13
202-10078-01
How to Configure Wireless Repeating
Figure 5-9: Multi-Point bridging
1.
Configure the Operating Mode of the WAG302 Access Points.
• WAG302 (AP1) on LAN Segment 1 in Repeater mode with the Remote MAC Address of
AP2.
• Configure WAG302 (AP2) in Repeater mode with MAC addresses of AP1 and AP3.
• Configure the WAG302 (AP3) in Repeater mode with the Remote MAC Address of AP2.
2. Verify the following parameters for all access points:
• Verify that the LAN network configuration the WAG302 Access Points are configured to
operate in the same LAN network address range as the LAN devices
• All APs must be on the same LAN. That is, all the APs LAN IP address must be in the
same network.
• If using DHCP, all WAG302 Access Points should be set to “Obtain an IP address
automatically (DHCP Client)” in the IP Address Source portion of the Basic IP Settings
menu.
• All WAG302 Access Points use the same SSID, Channel, authentication mode, if any, and
encryption in use.
3. Verify connectivity across the LANs.
AP in Repeater Mode
with client associations
LAN
Segment 1
192.168.0.1
Router
AP in Repeater Mode
with client associations
AP in Repeater Mode
with client associations
AP1
ETHERNET
RESET
5-12VDC
AP3
ETHERNET
RESET
5-12VDC
AP2
ETHERNET
RESET
5-12VDC
Wireless PC
Associated with AP3
Wireless PC
Associated with AP2
Wireless PC
Associated with AP1