Extending the Coverage Area Network with a Wireless Repeater / WDS

Extending the Coverage Area Network with a Wireless Repeater / WDS

Often we are required to expand the coverage area of ​​an existing wireless network to all users, because often there are few unspoiled areas with a wireless service that is needed, there are several techniques, including increased Tx power than existingwireless radio, and the second makes repeater / WDS. The function of this repeater is to strengthen the existing signal in order to expand its reach area. The advantages of thisrepeater is he does not need a longer cable is connected between the device radiorepeater / access point source. A repeater receives a signal from an access pointsource and transmitting it back without changing the content of existing content, so thisrepeater is usually placed in the middle of the access point and the most distant user, sothis repeater useful to overcome the problem of signal attenuation (attenuation).

There are a few tips to implement a repeater:

1. Examine purchase the wifi radio, make sure he has support with features commonly referred to as repeater or WDS (Wireless Distribution System). Not all wireless radioscan be used as a repeater. WDS facilities usually recommended its use to other vendors/ brands or the common firmware. There is another feature commonly called the"Universal Repeater", this special feature, this facility can communicate with accesspoints, although different sources of vendor / brand. This facility is not a lot that has aradio, the knowledge we have only Engenius Senao ECB 3220, Edimax 7206, ZinwellZW2194, Tplink WA501, and Minitar MWGAR.
2. Position of the repeater must be able to receive a strong signal from the access pointsource, the stronger the signal received, the better it can be transmitted back
3. Configure the access point source to the repeater have the same SSID and Channel.
4. Should equate the type of IP subnet address of the access point source to the repeater,you should also use a static IP address.
5. For the WDS feature, enter the MAC address of each source to the repeater accesspoint.
6. Update the firmware of each wireless radio in order to avoid the bugs that arise later.

However, to consider any negative side repeater usage will reduce the throughput of ourwireless network 50% of them, because the repeater must receive and retransmit the data packets in the same channel, the result will increase the capacity of frames acrossa wireless network, let alone if we use a repeater in large numbers, a growing number ofrepeaters semaki decline, because each repeater will duplicate frames are sent. Youcan get it at www.netkom-wifi.comhopefully SUCCESS...

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