Choosing a Wireless Interface Mode

This table contains information to help you choose the appropriate Wireless Interface Mode for your network needs.

	AP Mode	WDS Mode	Wireless Client Mode	Client Bridge	Repeater	Repeater Bridge	Two routers (1 Client Mode + 1 AP Mode)
ADMINISTRATIVE ACCESS required for all routers. WDS implementations must be compatible on all routers involved.		•
CONTROL OF HOST APs/ROUTERS NOT REQUIRED. You can connect to a host without having admin access.			•	•	•	•	•
Multiple wired client devices supported.		•	•	• *	•	• *	•
Multiple wireless client devices supported.		•			•	• *	•
Bandwidth halved for wireless clients		•	n/a	n/a	•	•	No, if you use 2 channels
SAME SHARED SUBNET for all routers and clients.		In LAN mode		•		•
INDIVIDUAL SUBNET for each router with its client devices		In P2P mode	•		•		•
Creates TRUE TRANSPARENT BRIDGE compatible with all protocols		•
USES MAC ADDRESS TRANSLATION (MAT/proxy ARP). Some applications and protocols that depend on MAC addresses may be incompatible and not function properly) (potential ARP problems) *				• *		• *
ALLOWS DIFFERENT SSID on a repeated network		Depends on encryption setting.	n/a	n/a	•	•	•
Supports ENCRYPTION.		WEP, WPA2 (caveats)	any	any	any	any	any
Can repeat signal from a wireless ISP.					•	•	•
Can repeat a weak wireless signal in a hotel.			•		•	•	•

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