User's Manual

Advanced Settings
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N600 Wireless Dual Band Router WNDR3400v3
Note: If you use the wireless repeating function, you need to select either
WEP or None as a security option in the Wireless Setup screen. The
WEP option displays only if you select the wireless mode Up to 54
Mbps in the Wireless Setup screen.
Wireless base station. The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and
from the child repeater access point, as well as handling wireless and wired local computers.
To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC addresses of the child repeater access
point.
Wireless repeater. Th
e router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers to a
remote access point. To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC address of the
remote parent access point.
The WNDR3400v3 router is always in dual-band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one
radio. If you en
able the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless base station or
wireless repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you enable the
wireless base station in either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless router or
wireless base station, dual-band concurrent mode is not affected.
To set up a wireless network with WDS, the following conditions have to be met for both
access point
s:
• Both
access points have to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
• Both
access points have to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point
LAN IP addresses are in the same network.
• All LAN device
s (wired and wireless computers) have to be configured to operate in the
same LAN network address range as the access points.