Wireless Distribution System (Wds) - NETGEAR R7000 User Manual

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Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

You can set the router up to be used as a wireless base station or a wireless repeater in a
wireless distribution system (WDS). A WDS lets you expand a wireless network through
multiple access points. 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.
Base station
access point
Figure 9. Wireless repeating scenario
To use the wireless repeating function, you need to select None as
Note:
the security option in the Wireless Settings screen, and you cannot
select Auto Channel.
Wireless base station. The router acts as the parent access point that bridges 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. Often, the MAC address is on the product label.
Wireless 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.
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Repeater
access point