NETGEAR N600 Wireless Dual Band Router WNDR3400v2 - Manual (Page 79)

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N600 Wireless Dual Band Router WNDR3400v2
To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC addresses of the child repeater access
point.
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. 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, 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 to view or change wireless
repeater settings for the router.
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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.