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Advanced Wireless Settings

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

to display the following screen:

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.

Wireless Card Access List.

Click the

Set Up Access List

button to 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 N300 Wireless 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 8. 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 Settings screen.

The WEP option displays only if you select the wireless mode

Up to

54 Mbps

in the Wireless Settings 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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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.

For you to set up a wireless network with WDS,

t

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 Function

to view or change

wireless repeater settings for the router.

•

Enable Wireless Repeating Function

. Select the check box for the 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 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.

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.

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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 4 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.

2.

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating

to display the Wireless

Repeating Function screen.

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.

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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 WNR3500Lv2 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

, and select the

Enable Wireless Repeating

Function check box

and the

Wireless Repeater

radio button.

3.

Fill in the Repeater IP Address field. This IP address has to be in the same subnet as the

base station, but different from the LAN IP of the base station.

4.

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

5.

Verify connectivity across the LANs.

A computer on any wireless or wired LAN segment of the router should be able to

connect to the Internet or share files and printers with any other wireless or wired

computer or server connected to the other access point.

Port Forwarding and 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 their replies are not

recognized by your router.

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.