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Chapter 3 Repeater Mode
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3.3 What You Need to Know
With the exception of the Operation Mode other configuration screens in the Repeater mode are
similar to the ones in Access Point Mode. See Chapter 2 on page 15 of this User’s Guide.
3.3.1 Setting your WAP6806 to Repeater Mode
1 To use your WAP6806 as a repeater, see Section 2.1.1 on page 15.
2 Connect your computer to the LAN port of the WAP6806.
3 Open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and type http://zyxelsetup or http://192.168.1.2 as
the web address in your web browser.
4 Enter “1234” (default) as the password and click Login.
5 Type a new password and retype it to confirm, then click Change. Otherwise, click Skip. See
Section 7.5 on page 38 for details.
Note: You have to log in to the Web Configurator again when you change modes. As soon
as you do, your WAP6806 is already in Repeater mode.
Note: If a client is connected to the WAP6806 through the wired Ethernet connection, the
client can only directly access the 5 GHz Wi-Fi. In the following figure, the LAN
Client is only able to directly communicate with devices in the 5 GHz wireless
network.
Figure 5 Repeater Mode Overview
3.4 Repeater Mode Status Screen
Click to open the Status screen.
WRE
LAN Client
5 GHz
5 GHz AP
5 GHz
5 GHz
2.4 GHz AP
2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
REPEATER