Figure 401: Wds-Managed Ap Group - D-Link DWL-8600AP User Manual

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Support for the WDS-managed AP feature within the Unified Wired and Wireless Access System includes the
following:
• The wireless system can contain up to two WDS-managed AP groups.
• Each WDS-managed AP group can contain up to four APs.
• An AP can be a member of only one WDS AP group.
• Each satellite AP can have only one WDS link on the satellite APs. This means that a satellite AP must be
connected to a root AP. A satellite AP cannot be connected to another satellite AP.
The following image shows a WDS group with one root AP and two satellite APs. Dashed lines represent
wireless connections.
The WDS group in Figure 401
• All three APs are managed by the Unified Wired and Wireless Access System.
• The group has two WDS AP links: one link is between the Root AP and Satellite AP1, and one link is
between the Root AP and Satellite AP2.
• The Ethernet port on Satellite AP2 is enabled to allow wired LAN access to remote office PCs.
By default, an AP is configured as a root AP. For an AP to be attached to the Wireless System as a satellite AP,
configure the following settings on the AP while it is in stand-alone mode:
• Satellite AP mode. This setting enables the satellite AP to discover and establish WDS link with the root
AP. By default, the WDS Managed Mode is Root AP.
• Password for WPA2 Personal authentication used to establish the WDS links. Only the satellite APs need
this configuration. The root APs get the password from the switch when they become managed.
• Static Channel. The APs on each end of a WDS link must use the same radio and channel to communicate.
Configure the satellite AP to use a static channel. For a root AP, set the static channel when you add the
AP to the Valid AP database on the switch.
• Optionally, to allow the Ethernet port on a satellite AP to provide wired access to the LAN, you must set
the WDS Managed Ethernet Port to Enabled. It is disabled by default.
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Satellite AP1
Satellite AP2

Figure 401: WDS-Managed AP Group

has the following characteristics:
Configuring the Wireless Distribution System
UWS
Root APS
Unified Wired and Wireless Access System
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