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Fig. 36. Wireless Distribution System settings
To enable a WDS link:
1.
Specify the MAC address of the HD24613 at the other end of the WDS link.
2.
Select the corresponding
Enabled
check box.
For example, assume you want two HD24613’s with MAC addresses 00-02-65-01-62-C5 and
00-02-65-01-62-C6 to establish a WDS link between them. On HD24613 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 HD24613 is connected
to other peer HD24613 s or wireless bridges by WDS.
TIP:
Plan your wireless network and draw a diagram, so that you know how a bridge is connected to
other peer bridges by WDS. See the following figure for an example network-planning diagram.
Fig. 37. Sample wireless bridge network topology.
WARNING:
Don’t let your network topology consisting of wireless bridges, Ethernet switches,
Ethernet links, and WDS links contain
loops
. If any loops exist, packets will circle around the loops
and network performance will be seriously degraded.
