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Advanced Wireless Settings
Select
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
to display the following screen:
Scroll to view
more settings
The following settings are available in this screen:
Enable Wireless Router Radio
. You can completely turn off the wireless portion of the
wireless router by clearing this check box. Select this check box again to enable the wireless
portion of the router. When the wireless radio is disabled, other members of your household
can use the router by connecting their computers to the router with an Ethernet cable.
Note:
The Fragmentation Length, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble
Mode options are reserved for wireless testing and advanced
configuration only. Do not change these settings.
Turn off wireless signal by schedule
. You can use this feature to turn off the wireless signal
from your router at times when you do not need a wireless connection. For instance, you
could turn it off for the weekend if you leave town.
WPS Settings
.You can add WPS devices to your network.
AP Mode
. You can make the WNDR3400v2 function as an access point.
Wireless Card Access List
.
Click the
Set Up Access List
button display the Wireless Card
Access List screen. On this screen you can restrict access to your network to specific devices
based on their MAC address.
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Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)
You can set the N600 Wireless Dual Band Router up to be used as a wireless access point
(AP). Doing this enables the router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater
connects to another wireless router as a client where the network to which it connects
becomes the ISP service.
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.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point
Figure 4. Wireless repeating scenario
Note:
If you use the wireless repeating function, you need to select either
WEP
or
None
as a security option in the Wireless Setup screen. The
WEP option displays only if you select the wireless mode
Up to 54
Mbps
in the Wireless Setup screen.
Wireless Base Station
. The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and
from the child repeater access point, as well as handling wireless and wired local computers.
To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC addresses of the child repeater access
point.
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N600 Wireless Dual Band Router WNDR3400v2
Wireless Repeater
. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers to a
remote access point. To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC address of the
remote parent access point.
The WNDR3400v2 router is always in dual band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one
radio. Be aware that 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,
°
he following conditions have to be met for
both access points:
•
Both access points have to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
•
Both access points have to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point
LAN IP addresses are in the same network.
•
All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) have to be configured to operate in the
same 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.
Scroll to view
more settings
•
Enable Wireless Repeating Function
. Select the check box for the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz
network to use the wireless repeating function.
•
Wireless MAC of this router
. This field displays the MAC address for your router for your
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.
Disable Wireless Client Association
. If your router is the repeater, selecting this check
box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN client associations are
allowed.
-
If you are setting up a point-to-point bridge, select this check box.
-
If you want all client traffic to go through the other access point (repeater with wireless
client association), leave this check box cleared.
Base Station MAC Address
. If your router is the repeater, enter the MAC address for the
access point that is the base station.
•
Wireless Base Station
. If your router is the base station, select this check box.
Disable Wireless Client Association
. If your router is the base station, selecting this
check box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN client
associations are allowed.
Repeater MAC Address (1 through 4)
. If your router is the base station, it can act as the
“parent” of up to four other access points. Enter the MAC addresses of the other access
points in these fields.
Set Up the Base Station
The wireless repeating function works only in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be
daisy-chained. You have to know the wireless settings for both units. You have to know the
MAC address of the remote unit. First, set up the base station, and then set up the repeater.
To set up the base station:
1.
Set up both units with exactly the same wireless settings (SSID, mode, channel, and
security). Note that the wireless security option has to be set to None or WEP.
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2.
Select
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating Function
to display the
Wireless Repeating Function screen.
Scroll to view
more settings
3.
In the Wireless Repeating Function screen (depending on the frequency you want to use),
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 WNDR3400v2 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:
1.
Log in to the router that will be the repeater. Select
Basic > Wireless Settings
and
verify that the wireless settings match the base unit exactly. The wireless security option
has to be set to
WEP
or
None
.
2.
Select
Advanced > Wireless Repeating Function
, and select the
Enable Wireless
Repeating Function
check box and the
Wireless Repeater
radio button.

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