User's Guide

hwc_vnsconfiguration.fm
Configuring a VNS
Working with a Wireless Distribution System
9034530-02,
March 2010
HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V7.11, User Guide 375
7. In the WDS Pre-shared Key box, type the key.
Note: The pre-shared key must be 8 to 63 characters long.
The WDS Wireless APs use this pre-shared key to establish a WDS link
between them.
Note: Changing the pre-shared key after the WDS is deployed can be a
lengthy process. For more information, see Section 6.11.8, “Changing the
pre-shared key in a WDS WLAN Service”, on page 379.
8. Assign the roles, preferred parents and backup parents to the Wireless AP
Radios.
Note: The roles — parent, child, and both — are assigned to the Radios of
the Wireless APs. A Wireless AP may connect to its parent Wireless AP and
children Wireless APs on the same Radio, or on a different Radio. Similarly,
a Wireless AP can have two children operating on two different Radios.
The Radio on which the child Wireless AP operates is determined by the
parent Wireless AP.
If the Wireless AP will be serving both as parent and child, you must select
both as its role.
To configure the WDS as illustrated in Figure 23 with a single WDS VNS, you
must assign the roles, preferred parents and backup parents to the Wireless
APs according to the following table: