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3.8 WD S M ode (Wire le s s Dis tributio n Sys te m)
A WDS is a s ys tem enab les the w ir e les s int er c onnec tion of ac c es s points w ithin an
I EE E 802. 11 netw or k. A w ir e les s netw or k c an be expanded us ing mu lt ip le ac c es s
points w ithout the need of a w ir ed bac kbone to c onnec t them. Your Atlas Med ia
w ir eles s r outer c an f unc tion as both a bas e s tation AP, or as a r epeater AP to r epeat
and extend the bas e s tation AP' s w ir eles s netw or k and s tr engthen s ignals .
WDS ( Wir e les s Dis tr ibut ion Sys tem) inc ludes tw o dif f er ent modes . Wire le ss
Bridge and Wire le s s AP .
Wire le s s AP/Bridge m ode
I n this mode, you mus t s et up both the bas e s tation AP, and the r epeater AP.
Bef or e you s tar t, ve rif y t he f ollowing:
1. A wireles s uplink route r that f unctions as a bas e station A P has suc ces sf ully
connected to I nternet. This router must be WD S enabled.
2. No E thernet cable s a re co nnect ed to the WA N po rts of the repeate r A P s: A tlas
M edia wireless routers 2 and 3.
3. Tak e note of the M A C address, Security
St e p 1: Conf igure Re pe at e r AP ( At las Me dia Wire le s s Rout e r 2, 3)
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Log on to your r emote r ou ter
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Und er Ne t work c lic k LA N. Cr eat e a L AN I P a ddr es s that is in the s ame
s ubnet but dif f er ent I P addr es s f r om the bas e s tation AP. For example,
192. 168. 0. 10.