Chapter 6 Wireless
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Use this screen to set up your WDS (Wireless Distribution System) links between the Device and
other wireless APs. You need to know the MAC address of the peer device. Once the security
settings of peer sides match one another, the connection between devices is made.
WDS security is independent of the security settings between the Device and any wireless
clients.
Not all APs support WDS links. Check your other AP’s documentation.
Click
Network Setting > Wireless > WDS
. The following screen displays.
Figure 36
Network Setting > Wireless > WDS
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 18
Network Setting > Wireless > WDS
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
WDS Security
Select the type of the key used to encrypt data between APs. All the wireless APs
(including the Device) must use the same pre-shared key for data transmission.
The option is available only when you set the security mode to
WPA2
or
WPA2-PSK
in
the
Wireless > General
screen.
TKIP
Select this to use TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption.
AES
Select this to use AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption.
#
This is the index number of the individual WDS link.
Active
Select this to activate the link between the Device and the peer device to which this entry
refers. When you do not select the check box this link is down.
Remote Bridge
MAC Address
Type the MAC address of the peer device in a valid MAC address format (six hexadecimal
character pairs, for example 12:34:56:78:9a:bc).
PSK
Enter a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including
spaces and symbols).
