20 Glossary
Glossary
Glossary
Meaning
Abbreviation
Function
Wireless Distribution System
WDS
A method used to address data frames and assemble a wireless network using several APs.
WDS can be implemented on the AP with one WLAN interface (single radio WDS, connection
to the AP and client) as well as with several WLAN interfaces (dual radio WDS, one interface
to the AP and another to the client), with two different modes: the bridging mode (2 WLAN
bridges are connected) and the repeating mode (several APs are connected via WDS).
Wireless Local Area Network
WLAN
Like a LAN, but wireless