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RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual

Advanced Settings and Features 4-3

v1.0, April 2008

• “Disable Wireless Client Association” not selected. In addition to performing wireless

repeating with remote APs, the extender will act as an AP to connect local wireless computers.

• “Disable Wireless Client Association” selected. The extender will communicate wirelessly

only with other APs whose MAC addresses are listed in this screen. The extender will not

accept local wireless connections. (Communication with wire-connected LAN devices is not

disabled.)

The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario with the WiFi range extender in Wireless

Base Station mode, and with all APs supporting local wireless clients:

In the scenario shown, the following conditions must be met for all access points including the

WiFi range extender:

• All AP devices must use the same SSID, wireless channel, authentication mode (if any), and

encryption mode (see information about WEP in Chapter 2, “Implementing Appropriate

Wireless Security”).

• All APs must be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the AP LAN IP addresses are in the

same network.

• All LAN devices (wired and wireless PCs in Figure 4-2) must be configured to operate in the

same LAN network address range as the APs.

Figure 4-2

Wireless Range Extender WPN824EXT

Internet

PCs

AP2

AP in Repeater mode

Wireless PC

Associated with AP2

Wireless PC

associated with AP 3

Wireless PC

associated with AP1

Modem

AP in Repeater mode

AP3

AP1

in Wireless Base Station mode

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