User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Installing the Wireless Array
- Installation Prerequisites
- Planning Your Installation
- Installation Workflow
- Installing Your Wireless Array
- Powering Up the Wireless Array
- Establishing Communication with the Array
- Entering the License
- Performing the Express Setup Procedure
- The Web Management Interface
- Viewing Status on the Wireless Array
- Configuring the Wireless Array
- Express Setup
- Network
- Services
- VLANs
- Tunnels
- Security
- SSIDs
- Groups
- IAPs
- WDS
- Filters
- Clusters
- Using Tools on the Wireless Array
Wireless Array
Installing the Wireless Array 53
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 25). WDS features include:
One to three IAPs may be used to form a single WDS link, yielding up to
1350 Mbps bandwidth per link. Up to three different WDS links may be
created on a single Array.
Automatic IAP Load Balancing
If desired, you may allow clients to associate to a BSS on the same radio
interface used for a WDS Host Link. This will take bandwidth from the
WDS link.
Figure 25. WDS Link
Multiple links per Array allow you to configure multi-hop connections.