4G PoE IIoT Gateway
WDS Only Mode
WDS (Wireless Distributed System) Only mode
drives a WiFi gateway to be a bridge for its
wired Intranet and a repeater to extend
distance. You can use multiple WiFi gateways
as a WiFi repeater chain with all gateways
setup as "WDS Only" mode. All gateways can
communicate with each other through WiFi.
All wired client hosts within each gateway can
also communicate each other in the scenario.
Only one gateway within repeater chain can be
DHCP server to provide IP for all wired client
hosts of every gateway which being disabled
DHCP server. This gateway can be NAT router
to provide internet access
The diagram illustrates that there are two
wireless gateways 2, 3 running at "WDS Only"
mode. They both use channel 3 to link to local Gateway 1 through WDS. Both gateways connected by WDS
need to setup the remote AP MAC for each other. All client hosts under gateway 2, 3 can request IP address
from the DHCP server at gateway 1. Besides, wireless Gateway 1 also execute the NAT mechanism for all client
hosts Internet accessing.
WDS Hybrid Mode
WDS hybrid mode includes both WDS and
AP Router mode. WDS Hybrid mode can act
as an access point for its WiFi Intranet and a
WiFi bridge for its wired and WiFi Intranets
at the same time. Users can thus use the
features to build up a large wireless
network in a large space like airports, hotels
or campus.
The diagram illustrates Gateway 1, Gateway
2 and AP 1 connected by WDS. Each
gateway has access point function for WiFi
client access. Gateway 1 has DHCP server to
assign IP to each client hosts. All gateways
and AP are under WDS hybrid mode. To
setup WDS hybrid mode, it need to fill all
configuration items similar to that of AP-
router and WDS modes.
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