User's Manual

hwc_vnsconfiguration.fm
Virtual Network configuration
Wireless Distribution System
A31003-W1050-U100-2-7619,
March 2008
HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V5 R1 , C20/C2400 User Guide 235
The nodes in the tree-structure have a parent-child relationship. The Wireless AP
that provides the WDS service to the other Wireless APs in the downstream
direction is a parent. The Wireless APs that establish a link with the Wireless AP
in the upstream direction for WDS service are children.
Note: If a parent Wireless AP fails or stops to act a parent, the children Wireless
APs will attempt to discover their backup parents. If the backup parents are not
defined, the children Wireless APs will be left stranded.
The following figure illustrates the parent-child relationship between the nodes in
a WDS topology.
Figure 17 Parent-child relationship between Wireless APs in WDS
configuration
• Root Wireless AP is the parent of
Repeater Wireless AP 1.
• Repeater Wireless AP 1 is the child
of Root Wireless AP.
• Repeater Wireless AP 1 is the
parent of Repeater Wireless AP 2.
• Repeater Wireless AP 2 is the child
of Repeater Wireless AP 1.
• Repeater Wireless AP 2 is the
parent of the following Wireless
APs:
– Satellite Wireless AP 1
– Satellite Wireless AP 2
– Satellite Wireless AP 3
• All the three Satellite APs are the
children of Repeater Wireless AP 2.
HiPath Wireless
Controller
Repeater Wireless AP 1
Repeater Wireless AP 2
Satellite Wireless AP 1
Client Devices
Client Devices
Satellite Wireless AP 2
Satellite Wireless AP 3
Root Wireless AP