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N300 Wireless Router WNR2000v4
Note: When you click the Apply button, the IP address of the router
changes and you are disconnected. To reconnect, close and restart
your web browser, and type http://www.routerlogin.net.
Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
You can set up the router to be used as a wireless base station or wireless repeater in a
wireless distribution system (WDS). A WDS lets you expand a wireless network through
multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to link them. A wireless base station
connects to the Internet, can have wired and wireless clients, and sends its wireless signal to
an access point that functions as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater can also have
wired and wireless clients, but connects to the Internet through the wireless base station.
The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point
Figure 10. Wireless repeating scenario
The router can function either as a base station or as a repeater:
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ireless 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 need to know the MAC addresses of the child
repeater access point.