Wireless Repeating Function - NETGEAR R6300 User Manual

The R6300 router is always in dual band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one radio.If
you enable the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless base station or wireless
repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you enable the wireless base
station in either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless router or wireless base
station, dual band concurrent mode is not affected.
For you to set up a wireless network with WDS, both access points have to meet the following
conditions:
Both access points have to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
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Both access points have to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point
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LAN IP addresses are in the same network.
All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) are configured to operate in the same
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LAN network address range as the access points.

Wireless Repeating Function

Select Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating to view or change wireless
repeater settings for the router.
Enable Wireless Repeating Function. Select the check box for the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz
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network to use the wireless repeating function.
Wireless MAC of this router. This field displays the MAC address for your router for your
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reference. You will need to enter this MAC address in the corresponding Wireless
Repeating Function screen of the other access point you are using.
Wireless Repeater. If your router is the repeater, select this check box.
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Repeater IP Address. If your router is the repeater, enter the IP address of the other
access point.
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