User guide

Key Features of WDS
Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP User Guide 5-7
IfaparentAPfailsorstopstoactasaparent,thechildAPswillattempttodiscovertheirbackup
parents.Ifthebackupparentsarenotdefined,thechildAPswillbeleftstranded.
Thef
ollowingfigureillustratestheparent‐childrelationshipbetweenthenodesinaWDS
topology.
Figure 5-7 Parent-Child Relationship between APs in WDS Configuration
• Root Wireless AP is the parent of
Repeater Wireless AP 1.
• Repeater Wireless AP 1 is the child
of Root Wireless AP.
• Repeater Wireless AP 1 is the
parent of Repeater Wireless AP 2.
• Repeater Wireless AP 2 is the child
of Repeater Wireless AP 1.
• Repeater Wireless AP 2 is the
parent of the following Wireless
APs:
- Satellite Wireless AP 1
- Satellite Wireless AP 2
- Satellite Wireless AP 3
• All the three Satellite APs are the
child APs of Repeater Wireless
AP 2.
Repeater
Wireless
AP 1
Repeater
Wireless
AP 2
Satellite
Wireless
AP 1
Client Devices
Client Devices
Satellite
Wireless
AP 2
Satellite
Wireless
AP 3
Root
Wireless AP
TheEnterasysWirelessStandalone802.11nAPallowsyoutoconfiguretheAP’srole—parent,
childorboth.IftheWDSAPwi
llbeservingasaparentandachildinagiventopology,itsroleis
configuredasboth.
Itisr
ecommendedtolimitthenumberofAPsparticipatinginaWDStreetoeight.Thislimit
guaranteesdecentperformanceinmosttypicalsituations.