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Advanced Custom Setup: Router Mode

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Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wall-Plugged Wireless Range Extender WGX102 Advanced Custom Setup: Router Mode Powerline Network (always encrypted) XE102 Cable/DSL Modem Internet Access WGX102 Wireless Computer Wireless Network Wireless Computer Figure 7-2: Router mode In Router Mode, the WGX102 provides all the functions of Access Point Mode, plus the following services: • Shared Internet Access - the wall plug port becomes the WAN port, and if a broadband modem is connected to it through an XE102, the WGX102 can provide Internet access to your entire wireless LAN. • DHCP Server - the WGX102 can act as DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the IP address and other TCP/IP configuration for the all the computers that are connected to the wireless range extender through the wireless network. In Router Mode, using this feature is recommended, and it is enabled by default. Advanced Configuration of the WGX102 7-3 202-10042-02 v1.1

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Reference Manual for the 54 Mbps Wall-Plugged Wireless Range Extender WGX102
Advanced Configuration of the WGX102
7-3
202-10042-02 v1.1
Advanced Custom Setup: Router Mode
XE102
Internet
Access
WGX102
Computer
Wireless
Computer
Wireless
Wireless Network
(always encrypted)
Powerline Network
Cable/DSL
Modem
Figure 7-2:
Router mode
In Router Mode, the WGX102 provides all the functions of Access Point Mode, plus the following
services:
Shared Internet Access — the wall plug port becomes the WAN port, and if a broadband
modem is connected to it through an XE102, the WGX102 can provide Internet access to your
entire wireless LAN.
DHCP Server — the WGX102 can act as DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
server, which provides the IP address and other TCP/IP configuration for the all the computers
that are connected to the wireless range extender through the wireless network. In Router
Mode, using this feature is recommended, and it is enabled by default.