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h. Click Apply to save your security profile settings. The Bridging screen displays
again.
i. Rep
eat Step e through Step h for any other security profile that you want to edit.
For example, first configure security profile NETGEAR-WDS-1 with the
MAC address
of AP1, and then configure security profile NETGEAR-WDS-2 with the MAC address
of AP3 (see Figure 73 on p
age 126).
2. Activate repe
ater mode on the wireless access point (AP2 in Figure 73 on page 126):
a. On th
e Bridging screen, select the Enable Wireless Bridging check box.
b. Select
the Wireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge radio button.
c. Clear th
e Enable Wireless Client Association check box to disable wireless client
association (see the red circle in Figure 74 o
n page 127).
Note: If you do not clear the Enable Wireless Client Association check box,
the wireless access point functions in regular point-to-multipoint
bridge mode.
d. If the correct profile names and security options are displayed in the table, select the
check boxes in the Enable column for all security profiles that you want to enable.
e. Click Apply on th
e Bridging screen to activate your repeater settings.
3. Conf
igure AP1 on LAN Segment 1 (see Figure 73 on page 126) in repeater mode with the
remote MAC address of AP2.
4. Conf
igure AP3 on LAN Segment 3 (see Figure 73 on page 126) in repeater mode with the
remote MAC address of AP2.
Network Authentication
and
Data Encryption
(continued)
WPA-PSK TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) is the standard
encryption method used with WPA-PSK and the only
selection possible from the Data Encryption drop-down list.
In the WPA Passphrase (Netw
ork Key) field, enter a
passphrase. The passphrase length needs to be between
8 and 63 characters (inclusive).
WPA2-PSK AES (Advance
d Encryption Standard) is the standard
encryption method used with WPA2-PSK and the only
selection possible from the Data Encryption drop-down list.
In the WPA Passphrase (Netw
ork Key) field, enter a
passphrase. The passphrase length needs to be between
8 and 63 characters (inclusive).
Note: NETGEAR recommends WPA2-PSK authentication
wi
th AES encryption if you want to use the 11n rates and
speed.
Table 38. Wireless signal repeating profile and authentication settings (continued)
Setting Description