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3.5.1.3. Wireless Distribution System
LAN
Wireless Access
Gateway
Notebook
Computer
AP/Bridge
WDS
Fig. 71. Wireless Distribution System.
Traditionally, access points are connected by Ethernet. By Wireless Distribution System (WDS), APs
can communicate with one another wirelessly. For example, in Fig. 71, the wireless access gateway
acts as an access point for the notebook computers and it forwards packets sent from the notebook
computers to the AP/bridge through WDS. Then, the AP/bridge forwards the packets to the Ethernet
LAN. Packets destined for the notebook computers follow a reverse path from the Ethernet LAN
through the wireless access gateway to the notebook computers. In this way, the wireless access
gateway plays a role of “AP repeater.”
NOTE: The wireless access gateway can have up to 6 WDS links to other wireless AP/bridge.
Fig. 72. Wireless Distribution System settings.
To enable a WDS link:
1. Specify the MAC address of the AP or wireless bridge at the other end of the WDS link.
2. Select the corresponding Enabled check box.
For example, assume you want a wireless access gateway and an AP with MAC addresses
00-02-65-01-62-C5 and 00-02-65-01-62-C6, respectively, to establish a WDS link between them. On
Gateway 00-02-65-01-62-C5, set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00-02-65-01-62-C6 and on AP
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 wireless access gate-
way is connected to other peer APs or wireless bridges by WDS.
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