3Com 3CRGPC10075 - Wireless Client;Repeater

10 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE OFFICECONNECT WIRELESS ACCESS POINT
Figure 3 Point-to-Multipoint WDS
Secure WDS Communication
The Access Point secures WDS links using either WEP or WPA-PSK
encryption. If you use WEP, all APs in the system must use the same WEP
key. If you use WPA-PSK, you must create the same security profile (with
the same SSID) on both master and slaves, and configure both master
and slaves to use WPA-PSK.
Wireless Client/Repeater
The Access Point can also function either as a client or repeater. You can
use the Access Point as a repeater to extend the range of your wireless
network. See Figure 3
for an illustration of how the Access Point works as
a repeater.
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