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Overview

N300 WiFi Range Extender WN2000RPT

How the Extender Works

The extender works like a bridge between a WiFi router (or a WiFi access point) and a WiFi

device outside the range of the WiFi router. The extender has two main jobs:

1. The extender connects to a WiFi network.

When the extender connects over WiFi to an existing network, it functions as a network

client, similar to how a WiFi device connects to a network.

2. The extender acts as

an access point for WiFi devices.

The extender has its own WiFi network that WiFi devices can join. In its role as an access

point, the extender performs tasks that WiFi routers do, such as broadcasting its network

name (SSID).

The extender must do each of these jobs so that both ends of the bridge are in place.

Figure 3. Range extender in a home

Extender

WiFi router

The extender is halfway

between the WiFi router

and the WiFi device

WiFi device

outside the

range of the

WiFi router

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