User guide

WDS WLAN Services
Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP User Guide 5-3
Wireless Bridge Configuration
InWirelessBridgeconfiguration,thetrafficbetweentwoAPsthatareconnectedtotwoseparate
wiredLANsegmentsisbridgedviaWDSlink.YoumayalsoinstallaRepeaterAPbetweenthe
twoAPsconnectedtotwoseparateLANsegments.
TheFigure5‐3il
lustratestheWirelessBridgeconfiguration:
Figure 5-3 Wireless Bridge Configuration
Root AP
Repeater AP
Satellite AP
LAN
Segment 1
LAN
Segment 2
WhenyouareconfiguringtheWirelessBridge,youmustspecifytheAPthatisconnectedtothe
wiredLAN.
WDS WLAN Services
InatraditionalWLANdeployment,eachradiooftheAPcaninteractwiththeclientdevicesona
maximumofeightnetworks.
InaWDSdeployment,oneoftheradiosofev
eryWDSAPestablishesaWDSlinkonanexclusive
WLANservice.TheWDSAPisthereforelimitedtosevennetworkWLANservicesontheWDS
radio.Theotherradiocaninteractwiththeclient‐devicesonamaximumofeightWLANse
rvices.
TheserviceonwhichtheAPsestablishtheWDSli
nkiscalledtheWDSservice.
Note: The Root AP and the Repeater APs can also be configured to interact with the client-devices.
AWDScanbesetupbyusingeitherasingleWDSserviceormultipleWDSservices,asdisplayed
inFigure5‐4onpage5‐4.