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Installing the Wi-Fi Array
WDS Planning
WDS (Wireless Distribution System) creates wireless backhauls between arrays,
allowing your wireless network to be expanded using multiple Arrays without
the need for a wired backbone to link them (see
Figure 32
). WDS features include:
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One to three IAPs may be used to form a single WDS link, yielding up to
900 Mbps bandwidth per link (up to 162 Mbps for XS model Arrays). Up
to three different WDS links may be created on a single Array.
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Automatic IAP Load Balancing
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If desired, you may allow clients to associate to a BSS on the same radio
interface used for a WDS Host Link. This will take bandwidth from the
WDS link.
Figure 32. WDS Link
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Multiple links per Array allow you to configure multi-hop connections.
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