Netgear WNDR4700 User Manual - Page 105

Set Up a Repeater Unit, Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating Function

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CENTRIA WNDR4700/WNDR4720 2. Select Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating Function to display the Wireless Repeating Function screen. Scroll to view more settings 3. Select the Enable Wireless Repeating Function check box and select the Wireless Base Station radio button. 4. Enter the MAC address for one or more repeater units. 5. Click Apply to save your changes. Set Up a Repeater Unit Use a wired Ethernet connection to set up the repeater unit to avoid conflicts with the wireless connection to the base station. Note: If you are using the WNDR4700/WNDR4720 base station with a non-NETGEAR router as the repeater, you might need to change additional configuration settings. In particular, you should disable the DHCP server function on the wireless repeater AP.  To configure the router as a repeater unit: 1. Log in to the router that will be the repeater. 2. Select Basic > Wireless Settings and verify that the wireless settings match the base unit exactly. The wireless security option must be set to None or WEP. 3. Select Advanced > Wireless Repeating Function, and select the Enable Wireless Repeating Function check box and the Wireless Repeater radio button. Advanced Settings 105

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Advanced Settings
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CENTRIA WNDR4700/WNDR4720
2.
Select
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating Function
to display the
Wireless Repeating Function screen.
Scroll to view
more settings
3.
Select the
Enable Wireless Repeating Function
check box and select the
Wireless Base
Station
radio button.
4.
Enter the MAC address for one or more repeater units.
5.
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Set Up a Repeater Unit
Use a wired Ethernet connection to set up the repeater unit to avoid conflicts with the
wireless connection to the base station.
Note:
If you are using the WNDR4700/WNDR4720 base station with a
non-NETGEAR router as the repeater, you might need to change
additional configuration settings. In particular, you should disable the
DHCP server function on the wireless repeater AP.
To configure the router as a repeater unit:
1.
Log in to the router that will be the repeater.
2.
Select
Basic > Wireless Settings
and
verify that the wireless settings match the base unit
exactly. The wireless security option must be set to None or WEP.
3.
Select
Advanced > Wireless Repeating Function
, and select the
Enable Wireless
Repeating Function
check box and the
Wireless Repeater
radio button.