In Wireless Repeater configuration, a Mesh AP is installed between the Mesh Portal and the destination Mesh AP. The Mesh AP relays the user traffic between the Mesh Portal and the destination Mesh AP. This increases the WLAN range.
Wireless Repeater Configuration illustrates the Wireless Repeater configuration:
Note
You should restrict the number of repeater hops in a Wireless Repeater configuration to three for optimum performance.