The FRITZ!Box supports WDS (Wireless Distribution System). A WDS is a radio network made up of multiple WLAN devices, for instance, two FRITZ!Boxes, in which one is configured as a base station and one or more others as repeaters. The base station establishes the connection to the Internet, the repeater(s) maintains the connection to the base station and extend the range of the wireless network for the WLAN clients (your WLAN-enabled computers).
Perform the following steps to configure a WDS:
With this setting your FRITZ!Box is the base station for up to three repeaters in your WLAN and establishes the Internet connection for all devices. Each repeater must be located within the range of the base station.
Repeater Selection
Select from this list all of the WLAN devices that are to be used as repeaters.
You can use up to three repeaters.
Select how the connections between the FRITZ!Box and the repeaters should be encrypted. We recommend setting up WPA2 encryption, as it currently offers the best security. If you select the "no encryption" setting, the connection between the base station and the repeater will not be protected at all. Even the WEP encryption mode offers only a modicum of protection. It is so out of date that decryption has become quite simple. Even unauthorized persons would be able to share your Internet access, monitor data and files you transmit and use shared printers in your network.
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Attention The special characters ß, &, colon, empty spaces, the umlauts ä, ö, ü and Ä, Ö, Ü and the accent character ´ cannot be used in the password.
The kind of encryption selected here and the key you specified must be entered in every repeater as well:
Click the "Apply" button.
Select this setting if the FRITZ!Box is to function as a repeater. In this case another WLAN access point must be configured as base station.
Base Station Selection
Select in this list the WLAN device to be used as the base station.
IP Settings for Repeater Operation
If the FRITZ!Box is to be operated as a repeater, you must change the IP settings of this FRITZ!Box.
Select how the connections between the FRITZ!Box and the base station should be encrypted. We recommend setting up WPA2 encryption, as it currently offers the best security. If you select the setting "non-encrypted", the connection between the base station and the repeater will not be protected at all. Even the WEP encryption mode offers only a modicum of protection. It is so out of date that decryption has become quite simple. Even unauthorized persons would be able to share your Internet access, monitor data and files you transmit and use shared printers in your network.
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The kind of encryption selected here and the key you specified must be entered in the base station as well
Click the "Apply" button.