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Chapter 13 Configuring WDS, Fast Secure Roaming, Radio Management, and Wireless Intrusion Detection Services

Configuring WDS

This section describes how to configure WDS on your network.

Guidelines for WDS

Follow these guidelines when configuring WDS:

• A WDS access point that also serves client devices supports up to 30

participating access points, but a WDS access point with radios disabled

supports up to 60 participating access points.

• The WDS mode supports only up to 60 infrastructure access points and

1200 clients.

• Repeater access points do not support WDS. Do not configure a repeater

access point as a WDS candidate, and do not configure a WDS access

point to return (fall back) to repeater mode in case of Ethernet failure.

• You cannot configure a Cisco 350 series access point as your main WDS

device. However, you can configure Cisco 350 series access points to

participate in WDS.

Requirements for WDS

To configure WDS, you must have these items on your wireless LAN:

• At least one access point, Integrated Services Router (ISR), or switch

(equipped with a Wireless LAN Services Module) that you can configure

as the WDS device

• An authentication server (or an access point or ISR configured as a local

authenticator)

Topic Page

Guidelines for WDS 382

Requirements for WDS 382

Configuration Overview 383

Configuring Access Points as Potential WDS Devices 384

Configuring Access Points to Use the WDS Device 390

Configuring WDS-Only Mode 391

Viewing WDS Information 392

Using Debug Messages 393