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User’s Guide Chapter 4 – Reference Manual
Configuration | Wireless | WDS Links
The access point P-520r supports the definition of a WDS (Wireless Distribution System). In WDS
mode a P-520r can act as wireless bridge or wireless repeater. Choose the Configuration | Wireless |
WDS Links menu if you want to setup bridge links between different access points while connecting
wireless client stations in parallel. Up to seven access points can be interconnected in a wireless
distribution system.
In the WDS table bride links can be defined by selecting WDS ready access points by their MAC
address. Make sure that the radio channel and the data rates for all WDS APs are set to the same
values.
APs that relay data received from a wireless station to another access points (and
vice versa) have to receive and send each packet over the same channel. Hence
the overall throughput will be reduced for each relay link.
As an option WDS links to other APs can be added manually by specifying the MAC address of the
remote AP.
APs participating in a WDS network DO NOT have to be configured with the same
SSID.
Add AP in WDS from the WDS Links table:
In the menu Configuration | Wireless | WDS Links you can find a table of remote access points that
you can connect to via a WDS Link. On this table an administrator can see access points, their
operating channels, data rates, RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) and the Age of the last
signal.
Select the checkbox to add an access point to the Wireless Distribution System. The checkboxes will
be active only of those WDS links that uses the same channel as your device:
Figure 29 – WDS Links for Internal Radio Table
Enable – select if need to add the access point to Wireless Distribution System.
Peer address – displays the MAC address of the access point.
Name – specify the name of chosen WDS Link.
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