Owners manual

Advanced Configuration

ProSAFE Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 WAC730

wireless access point. You can configure up to four security profiles to enable the wireless

access point to repeat the wireless signal for four remote wireless access points. Each

security profile requires a unique name and needs to include the MAC address of the remote

wireless access point. You can configure up to four such security profiles

(NETGEAR-WDS-1, NETGEAR-WDS-2, and so on).

The following figure shows an example in which AP1, AP2, and AP3 repeat the wireless

signal in point-to-multipoint bridge mode.

AP2 requires a security profile for AP1 and another

one for AP3:

Multipoint

Router

Hub or switch

bridge mode

repeating only

Multipoint

bridge mode

repeating only

Multipoint

bridge mode

repeating only

Figure 7.

 To configure the wireless access point to repeat the wireless signal:

1. Configure the security profiles on the wireless access point (AP2 in the previous figure):

a. Select Configuration > W

ireless Bridge. The Bridging page displays (see the

following figure).

b. Optional:

To display the Bridging page for the 802.11a/na modes, click the

802.11a/na tab.

c. Select the Enable W

ireless Bridging check box. The Local MAC Address field is a

nonconfigurable field that shows the MAC address of the wireless access point.

d. Select the W

ireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge radio button. The page adjusts.

e. The profile table shows four security profiles. Choose a security profile to edit by

selecting the corresponding radio button to the left of the profile.

f. Click Edit to configure the selected security profile settings.

The Edit Security Profile

page displays for the selected security profile. (The following figure contains an

example.)