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9.   Advanced Settings
This chapter describes the advanced features of your router. The information is for readers with 
advanced networking knowledge who want to set the router up for unique situations such as 
when remote access from the Internet by IP or domain name is needed. 
This chapter includes the following sections:
•     Advanced Wireless Settings 
•     Wireless Repeating Function (WDS) 
•     Port Forwarding and Triggering 
•     Set Up Port Forwarding to Local Servers 
•     Set Up...

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Advanced Wireless Settings
Select 
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings  to display the following screen:
Scroll to view 
more settings
The following settings are available in this screen:
Enable Wireless Router Radio. 
 You can completely turn off the wireless portion of the 
wireless router by clearing this check box. Select this check box again \
to enable the wireless 
portion of the router. When the wireless radio is...

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Set Up the Router in Bridge Mode
The R6300 WiFi Router can be configured in bridge mode. This mode lets you connect 
multiple devices wirelessly at the faster 802.11ac speed. To use the router in Bridge mode, 
you need two R6300 WiFi Routers; one set up as a router and the other se\
t up as a bridge. 
Figure 8. Router in Bridge mode with an 802.11ac WiFi connection
Installing a R6300 router as a bridge offers the following benefits:
•...

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3. 
Scroll down to view the Use other operating mode setting and Select the \
 Enable Bridge 
mode radio button.
4.  Select the  Enable Bridge mode radio button.
5. Click the  Setup bridge mode wireless settings button, and specify the settings of the 
wireless network to which your bridge mode router will connect: 
a. In the Choose a Wireless Network drop-down list, select the wireless net\
work 
frequency (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) of the router...

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Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)
You can set the R6300 WiFi Router up to be used as a wireless access poin\
t (AP). Doing this 
enables the router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater connects to another 
wireless router as a client where the network to which it connects becom\
es the ISP service.
Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distribution System (WDS). A WDS allows a wireless 
network to be expanded through...

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The R6300 router is always in dual band concurrent mode, unless you turn\
 off one radio.If 
you enable the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless base\
 station or wireless 
repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you enable the wireless base 
station in either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless \
router or wireless base 
station, dual band concurrent mode is not affected.
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Disable Wireless Client Association. If your router is the repeater, selecting this check 
box means that wireless clients cannot associate with it. Only LAN clien\
t associations are 
allowed.
-
If you are setting up a point-to-point bridge, select this check box. 
- If you want all client traf
 fic to go through the other access point (repeater with wireless 
client association), leave this check box cleared.
Base Station MAC Address. If...

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3. In the Wireless Repeating Function screen, select the Enable Wireless Repeating 
Function check box and select the Wireless Base Station radio button.
4. Enter the MAC address for one or more repeater units.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
Set Up a Repeater Unit
Use a wired Ethernet connection to set up the repeater unit to avoid conflicts with the wireless 
connection to the base station.
Note:  If you are using the R6300 base...

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Remote Computer Access Basics
When a computer on your network needs to access a computer on the Internet, your 
computer sends your router a message containing the source and destination address and 
process information. Before forwarding your message to the remote computer, your router 
has to modify the source information and create and track the communication session so that 
replies can be routed back to your computer. 
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router then modifies the message to restore the original address information replaced by 
NAT. Your router sends this reply message to your computer, which displays the web 
page from www.example.com. The message now contains the following address and port 
information.
Source address. The IP address of www.example.com.
Source port number. 80, which is the standard port number for a web server process.
Destination address. Your computer’s...