User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- Revision History
- Terminology
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installation
- 3 Software configuration
- 3.1 Prepare your PC to configure the WNAP 3G Mobile Router
- 3.2 Connect to the WNAP 3G Mobile Router
- 3.3 Management and configuration on the WNAP 3G Mobile Router
- 3.3.1 Status
- 3.3.2 Setup Wizard
- 3.3.3 Operation Mode
- 3.3.4 Wireless - Basic Settings
- 3.3.5 Wireless - Advanced Settings
- 3.3.6 Wireless - Security Setup
- 3.3.7 Wireless - Access Control
- 3.3.8 WDS Settings
- 3.3.9 Mesh Settings
- 3.3.10 Site Survey
- 3.3.11 WPS
- 3.3.12 Schedule
- 3.3.13 LAN Interface Setup
- 3.3.14 WAN Interface Setup
- 3.3.15 Firewall - Port Filtering
- 3.3.16 Firewall - IP Filtering
- 3.3.17 Firewall - MAC Filtering
- 3.3.18 Firewall - Port Forwarding
- 3.3.19 Firewall – URL Filtering
- 3.3.20 Firewall - DMZ
- 3.3.21 Firewall – VLAN
- 3.3.22 Firewall – Virtual Server
- 3.3.23 Route Setup
- 3.3.24 QoS
- 3.3.25 USB Storage
- 3.3.26 Management - Statistics
- 3.3.27 Management - DDNS
- 3.3.28 Management - Time Zone Setting
- 3.3.29 Management – Denial-of-Service
- 3.3.30 Management - Log
- 3.3.31 Management - Upgrade Firmware
- 3.3.32 Management Save/ Reload Settings
- 3.3.33 Management - Password Setup
- 3.3.34 Management - WatchDog
- 3.3.35 Management – Reboot
- 3.3.36 Logout
- 3.3.37 Management - Password Setup
- 4 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- 4.1 What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?
- 4.2 What is Wireless LAN?
- 4.3 What are ISM bands?
- 4.4 How does wireless networking work?
- 4.5 What is BSSID?
- 4.6 What is ESSID?
- 4.7 What are potential factors that may causes interference?
- 4.8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?
- 4.9 What is WEP?
- 4.10 What is Fragment Threshold?
- 4.11 What is RTS (Request To Send) Threshold?
- 4.12 What is Beacon Interval?
- 4.13 What is Preamble Type?
- 4.14 What is SSID Broadcast?
- 4.15 What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)?
- 4.16 What is WPA2?
- 4.17 What is 802.1x Authentication?
- 4.18 What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)?
- 4.19 What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
- 4.20 What is Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)?
- 4.21 What is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?
- 4.22 What is Universal Plug and Play (uPNP)?
- 4.23 What is Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size?
- 4.24 What is Clone MAC Address?
- 4.25 What is DDNS?
- 4.26 What is NTP Client?
- 4.27 What is VPN?
- 4.28 What is IPSEC?
- 4.29 What is WLAN Block Relay Between Clients?
- 4.30 What is WMM?
- 4.31 What is WLAN ACK TIMOUT?
- 4.32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS)?
- 4.33 What is Frame Aggregation?
- 4.34 What is Guard Intervals (GI)?
- 5 Configuration Examples
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3.3.8 WDS Settings
Wireless Distribution System uses wireless media to communicate with other
APs, like the Ethernet does. To do this, you must set these APs in the same
channel and set MAC address of other AP that you want to communicate with in
the table and then enable the WDS.
Screen snapshot – WDS Setup
Item Description
Enable WDS Click the check box to enable wireless distribution system. Refer to 4.21 What
is Wireless Distribution System (WDS)?
MAC Address Fill in the MAC address of AP to register the WDS access capability.
Data Rate Select the transmission data rate from pull-down menu. Data rate can be
auto-select, 1M to 54Mbps or MCS.
Comment Fill in the comment tag for the registered AP.
Apply Changes Click the Apply Changes button to register the AP to new configuration setting.
Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration.
Set Security Click button to configure wireless security like WEP(64bits), WEP(128bits),
WPA(TKIP), WPA2(AES) or None
Show Statistics It shows the TX, RX packets, rate statistics
Delete Selected Click to delete the selected clients that will be removed from the WDS.
Delete All Click to delete all the registered APs from the WDS allowed list.
Reset Click the Reset button to abort change and recover the previous configuration.