User's Manual

Ch 3. Configuring WDS

Wireless Distribution System (WDS) uses wireless media to communicate with

the other devices, like the Ethernet does. This function allows one or more

remote LANs connect with the local LAN. To do this, you must set these devices

in the same channel and set MAC address of other devices you want to

communicate with in the WDS AP List and then enable the WDS.

When you decide to use the WDS to extend your WLAN, please refer the

following instructions for configuration.

1. The bridging devices by WDS must use the same radio channel.

2. When the WDS function is enabled, all wireless stations can’t connect the

device.

3. If your network topology has a loop, you need to enable the 802.1d Spanning

Tree function.

4. You don’t need to add all MAC address of devices existed in your network to

WDS AP List. WDS AP List only needs to specify the MAC address of devices

you need to directly connect to.

5. The bandwidth of device is limited, to add more bridging devices will split the

more bandwidth to every bridging device.

WDS network topology

In this section, we will demonstrate the WDS network topologies and WDS AP

List configuration. You can setup the four kinds of network topologies: bus, star,

ring and mesh.

In this case, there are five devices with WDS enabled: WDS1, WDS2, WDS3,

WDS4 and WDS5.