This table contains information to help you choose the appropriate Wireless Interface Mode for your network needs.
| AP Mode | AP + WDS Mode | Wireless Client Mode | Wireless Ethernet Bridge | Repeater | Media Bridge | Two routers (1 Client Mode + 1 AP Mode) |
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| 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. | • | • | • | • |