User's Manual

Virtual Network configuration
hwc_vnsconfiguration.fm
Wireless Distribution System
A31003-W1050-U100-2-7619
, March 2008
232 HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V5 R1 , C20/C2400 User Guide
In WDS deployment, one of the radios of every WDS Wireless AP establishes a
WDS link on an exclusive VNS. The WDS Wireless AP is therefore limited to
seven network VNSs on the WDS radio. The other radio can interact with the
client-devices on a maximum of eight VNSs.
Note: The Root Wireless AP and the Repeater Wireless APs can also be
configured to interact with the client-devices. For more information, see Section
6.17.7.3, “Assigning the Satellite Wireless APs’ radios to the network VNSs”, on
page 246.
The VNS on which the Wireless APs establish the WDS link is called the WDS
VNS.
A WDS can be setup either by using either a single WDS VNS or multiple WDS
VNSs. The following figures illustrate the point.
Figure 14 Deployment Example
WDS setup with a single WDS VNS
Deploying the WDS for the above example using a single WDS VNS results in the
following structure.
• The rectangular
enclosure denotes an
office building
• The four Wireless APs
— Minoru, Yosemite,
Bjorn and Lancaster —
are within the confines
of the building and are
connected to the wired
network.
• The space around the
office building is a ware
house.
• The solid arrows point
towards Preferred
Parents.
• The dotted arrows point
towards Backup
Parents.