User Guide

Wi-Fi Array
76 Installing the Wi-Fi Array
WDS Planning
WDS (Wireless Distribution System) creates wireless backhauls between arrays,
allowing your wireless network to be expanded using multiple Arrays without
the need for a wired backbone to link them (see Figure 32). WDS features include:
z One to three IAPs may be used to form a WDS link, yielding up to 162
Mbps bandwidth per link. Up to 4 WDS links may be defined per Array.
z Automatic IAP Load Balancing
z Clients can still associate to a BSS on the same radio interface used for a
WDS Host Link. This will take bandwidth from the WDS link.
Figure 32. WDS Link
z Multiple links per Array allow you to configure multi-hop connections.