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TIP:
Plan your wireless network and draw a diagram, so that you know how a Access Point is con-
nected to other peer Access Point 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. 25. 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.
Fig. 38. Network topology containing a loop
If external high-gain
directional
antennas are used, it’s difficult to align the antennas when the dis-
tance between the bridges is long.