Netgear R4500 – N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Manual Do Utilizador

Repeater IP Address. If your router is the repeater, enter the IP address of the 
other access point.

Disable Wireless Client Association. If your router is the repeater, selecting this 
check box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN client 
associations are allowed.

If you are setting up a point-to-point bridge, select this check box. 

If you want all client traffic to go through the other access point (repeater with 
wireless client association), leave this check box cleared.

Base Station MAC Address. If your router is the repeater, enter the MAC 
address for the access point that is the base station.

Wireless Base Station. If your router is the base station, select this radio button.

Disable Wireless Client Association. If your router is the base station, selecting 
this check box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN 
client associations are allowed.

Repeater MAC Address (1 through 4). If your router is the base station, it can 
act as the “parent” of up to 4 other access points. Enter the MAC addresses of the 
other access points in these fields.

Click Apply to save your settings.

Set Up the Base Station 

The wireless repeating function works only in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be 
daisy-chained. You have to know the wireless settings for both units. You have to know the 
MAC address of the remote unit. First, set up the base station, and then set up the repeater.

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Set up both units with the same wireless settings (SSID, mode, channel, and security). 

The wireless security option has to be set to None or WEP.