User Manual Part 2

User’s Guide Version 1.0
Network Interface | Wireless | WDS
A WDS (Wireless Distribution System) allows you to create a wireless network infrastructure.
Normally the access points must be connected with a wired network (LAN), which is generally an
Ethernet connection. Once connected, these access points create wireless cells allowing wireless
connection to the wired network. The WDS feature allows the access points to be wirelessly
connected to another access point, eliminating the need for a wired connection between them:
Data from a wireless client attached to an AP configured for WDS will be repeated on the wireless
interface to the peer AP where it will be delivered to it’s destination. Consequently , the overall
throughput of the wireless system is reduced by half for each relay link added.
WDS mode is configured by entering the WDS link peer AP’s MAC address in each other’s AP
configurations.
To configure the WDS links use the network interface | wireless | WDS menu, click the new button
and enter the MAC addresses of the peer APs:
figure 132 – WDS setting
The radio channel in all WDS link peer APs must be the same, although their
SSIDs may be different.
Configure WDS settings.Click the “new” button.
figure 133 – add WDS
Remote MAC- enter WAN MAC address of the peer AP for the WDS link [6-HEX pairs separated by
colon [1-9] [A-F] [a-f]].
Security- set WEP/WPA-PSK encryption or disable of WDS link.
Specify the WEP Key Index and use network interface | wireless | SecWep to set the WEP Key if
you choose the WEP encryption of WDS link.
You can discover the WAN (ixp1) MAC address of your BW1330 in the system |
status page.
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