WG302 Manual: Configuring Wireless Repeater Mode

Under Advanced on the maim menu, select Advanced Access Point Settings. The Advanced Access Point Settings screen (shown in Figure 4-4.) will display.

Configure the Operating Mode of the WG302 Wireless Access Points.

WG302 (AP1) on LAN Segment 1 in Repeater mode with the Remote MAC Address of AP2.

Configure WG302 (AP2) in Repeater mode with MAC addresses of AP1 and AP3.

Configure the WG302 (AP3) in Repeater mode with the Remote MAC Address of AP2.

Verify the following parameters for all access points:

Verify that the LAN network configuration the WG302 Wireless Access Points are configured to operate in the same LAN network address range as the LAN devices

All APs must be on the same LAN. That is, all the APs LAN IP address must be in the same network.

If using DHCP, all WG302 Wireless Access Points should be set to "Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP Client)" in the IP Address Source portion of the Basic IP Settings menu.

All WG302 Wireless Access Points use the same SSID, Channel, authentication mode, if any, and encryption in use.

Verify connectivity across the LANs.
A computer on any LAN segment should be able to connect to the Internet or share files and printers with any other PCs or servers connected to any of the three WLAN segments.

Click Apply.


	Note: You can extend this repeating by adding up to 2 additional WG302s configured in repeater mode. However, since Repeater configurations communicate in half-duplex mode, the bandwidth decreases as you add Repeaters to the network. Also, you can extend the range of the wireless network with NETGEAR wireless antenna accessories