Chapter 11 Wireless LAN
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11.8 WDS Screen
A Wireless Distribution System (WDS) is a wireless connection between APs. Use this screen to establish
wireless links with other APs. You need to know the MAC address of the peer device, which must be in
bridge mode. To open this screen, click
Networking
>
Wireless Network 5G
>
WDS
.
Note: This screen is available only in the AP mode. You must enable the same wireless security
settings on the WAP6405 and on all wireless clients that you want to associate with it.
Figure 37
Networking > Wireless Network 5G > WDS
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 24 Networking > Wireless Network 5G > WDS
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
WDS0~7
This displays the number for each Remote MAC Address added.
Click on the check box to enable or disable the WDS link.
Remote MAC
Address
This is the MAC Address of the peer device your WAP6804 wants to make a bridge connection
with. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address format, that is, six hexadecimal
character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.
The peer devices in the WDS links should be working on the same channel.
You can connect to up to 8 peer devices.
Pre-Shared Key
Type the password that lets the peer WDS links establish a connection with your WAP6804. The
Pre-Shared Key field can be left empty or you can type a password that should contain 64
ASCII Characters.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the WAP6804.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
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