cnPilot™ Home and Small Business AP support multiple methods to extend WiFi range using E-Series AP. Following are modes of wireless connectivity:
- Repeater
- WDS
Repeater Mode:
In this Wi-Fi Range Extender Mode is device can be configured as both Repeater Client and Regular WLAN access profile which allows other device/stations to connect to the Router. This method is similar as user is connecting wireless stations to Regular WLAN access profile of Base AP.
This Wi-Fi Range Extender Mode is used if Base AP does not support WDS. Following are the scenarios in which R-series can be used as repeater mode:
- cnPilot™ E-Series or cnPilot™ R-Series AP can be configured as Base and R-Series AP as Repeater Client.
- R-Series when configured as Mesh/Repeater client, it can be configured either in NAT or Bridge Mode.
cnPilot™ R-Series as Repeater in NAT Mode
- Configuration of cnPilot™ E-Series:
- cnPilot™ E-Series Access Point SSID should be configured with a regular WLAN access profile.
- Either OPEN or WPA2-PSK is supported for a Repeater link.
- Configuration of cnPilot™ R-Series:
- Configure device in NAT mode as below:
- Configure device in Repeater mode as described in the link below:
cnPilot™ R-Series as Repeater in Bridge Mode
- Configuration of cnPilot™ E-Series:
- cnPilot™ E-Series Access Point SSID should be configured with a regular WLAN access profile.
- Either OPEN or WPA2-PSK is supported for a Repeater link.
- Disable following parameters
- Proxy ARP
- Unicast DHCP
- Configuration of cnPilot™ R-Series:
- Bridge Mode Network configuration of cnPilot R-Series Repeater AP.
- Disable the LAN DHCP server of Repeater AP, to avoid multiple DHCP server IP’s.
- Configure device as repeater as described in the below link.