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Mobile LTE Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1516 Wireless Repeating You can set the Mobile LTE Broadband 11n 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. Base station access point Figure 6. Wireless repeating scenario Repeater access point 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. Advanced Settings 71

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Advanced Settings
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Mobile LTE Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1516
Wireless Repeating
You can set the Mobile LTE Broadband 11n 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.
Figure 6. 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.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point