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jba
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Jan 21, 2008

Question to netgear: wds and wpa

I own a DG834GBv3 router and a WG602v3 access point which I want to use as a repeater. However, even when using the latest firmware, this is not possible, when wpa encryption is selected. I found this...
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jba
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Mar 04, 2012
beisser wrote:
WG602v3 = WPA supported with WDS
DG834GBv3 = only WEP supported in WDS

you see the accesspoint is perfectly fine.. the problem lies with the dg834GBv3. wds was a very lately added function and it wasnt even advertised ever. you should probably be glad that the dg834gbv3 supports wds at all.


Took me some time to find out that this is bullshit.

I now have a tp-link repeater that works perfectly with the DG834GBv3 with wds and wpa2. Seems to me that the WG602v3 or the combination DG834GBv3/WG602v3 (whcih would be really stupid as both devices are from the same brand) that caused the problems.

jba