Fig. 43. Bridge links settings.
To enable a WDS link:
1.
Specify the MAC address of the bridge at the other end of the WDS link.
2.
Select the corresponding
Enabled
check box.
For example, assume you want a DRBAP with MAC addresses 00-02-65-01-62-C5 and a wireless
bridge/AP with MAC address 00-02-65-01-62-C6 to establish a WDS link between them. On DRBAP
00-02-65-01-62-C5, set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00-02-65-01-62-C6 and on wireless bridge
00-02-65-01-62-C6, set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00-02-65-01-C5.
TIP:
Plan your wireless network and draw a diagram, so that you know how a DRBAP is connected
to other peer bridges and can therefore set the bridge links settings correctly.
WARNING:
Don’t let your network topology consisting of wireless DRBAPs, wireless bridges,
Ethernet switches, Ethernet links, and WDS links contains
loops
. If any loops exist, packets will circle
around the loops and network performance will be seriously degraded.
Fig. 44. Network topology containing a loop.
TIP:
You can check whether the WDS links of the DRBAP are functioning by using Wireless Net-
work Manager.
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