User guide

Before Configuring WDS Services
Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP User Guide 5-9
Link Security
TheWDSlinkisencryptedusingAdvanceEncryptionStandard(AES).
Note: The keys for AES are configured prior to deploying the Repeater or Satellite APs.
Before Configuring WDS Services
Beforeyoustartconfiguring theWDSAPs,youmustensurethefollowing:
•TheAPsthatar
epartofthewiredWLANareconnectedtothewirednetwork.
•Thewire
dAP(s)thatwillserveastheRootAP(s)oftheproposedWDStopologyareoperating
normally.
•TheWLA
Nisoperatingnormally.
•Therearenomoretha
neightAPsintheWDS.
•MDSU,whi
chisavailableunderAdvancedoptions,isdisabledontheradiowheretheWDS
linkisconfigured.DothistoavoidadditionallatencythatmaybeintroducedwhenMDSU
aggregationoccursforasmallpacketsizes(lessthan100bytes).
•Therearenomoretha
ntwohopsbetweentheSatelliteandRootAPsforidealperformance.
•TheWDSAP
sallparticipateinthesamecluster.
Sketching the WDS Topology
YoumaysketchtheproposedWLANtopologyonpaperbeforeyoustarttheWDSdeployment
process.Youshouldclearlyidentifythefollowinginthesketch:
•WDSAPswi
ththeirnames
• Parent‐Childrelationshipsbetw
eenAPs
• Radiosthatyo
uwillchoosetolinktheAP’sparentsandchildren