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N300 Wireless Router Model JWNR2000Tv3
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.
The scenario includes these components:
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Wireless 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.
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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.
The JWNR2000Tv3 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 must meet the
following conditions:
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Both access points must use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
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Both access points must be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point
LAN IP addresses are in the same network.
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All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) must be configured to operate in the
same LAN network address range as the access points.
Base station
access point
Internet
Repeater
access point
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