Set Up A Repeater Unit; Port Forwarding And Port Triggering - NETGEAR WNDR3700v4 User Manual

3. Select the Enable Wireless Repeating Function check box and select the Wireless Base
Station radio button.
4. Enter the 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.
Note: If you are using the WNDR3700v4 base station with a non-NETGEAR
router as the repeater, you might need to change additional
configuration settings. In particular, you should disable the DHCP
server function on the wireless repeater AP.
To configure the router as a repeater unit:
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1. Log in to the router that will be the repeater.
2. Select Basic > Wireless Settings and verify that the wireless settings match the base unit
exactly. The wireless security option must be set to None or WEP.
3. Select Advanced > Wireless Repeating Function, and select the Enable Wireless
Repeating Function check box and the Wireless Repeater radio button.
4. Fill in the Repeater IP Address field. This IP address must be in the same subnet as the
base station, but different from the LAN IP address of the base station.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
6. Verify connectivity across the LANs.
A computer on any wireless or wired LAN segment of the router can connect to the
Internet and share files with any other wireless or wired computer or server connected to
the other access point.

Port Forwarding and Port Triggering

By default, the router blocks inbound traffic from the Internet to your computers except replies
to your outbound traffic. You might need to create exceptions to this rule for these purposes:
• To allow remote computers on the Internet to access a server on your local network.
• To allow certain applications and games to work correctly when your router does not
recognize their replies.
Your router provides two features for creating these exceptions: port forwarding and port
triggering. The next sections provide background information to help you understand how
port forwarding and port triggering work, and the differences between the two.
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