====== Choosing a Wireless Interface Mode ======

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

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|   ^  AP Mode  ^  AP + WDS Mode  ^  Wireless Client Mode  ^  Wireless Ethernet Bridge  ^  Repeater  ^  Media 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. |   |   |  **•**  |   |  **•**  |  **•**  |  **•**  |