Figure 405: Wds Managed Ap Settings; Table 371: Wds Managed Ap Configuration - Add Ap - D-Link DWL-8600AP User Manual

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Note: If no APs have been added to the selected WDS group, only the Add and Refresh buttons
display.
When you click Add from the WDS Managed AP Summary page, the page refreshes and displays fields to
configure the WDS Managed AP settings.
Note: After you change WDS-Managed AP group settings, make sure you push the configuration to
other switches in the cluster.
The following table shows the fields available to configure the WDS Managed APs that are members of the
group selected on the previous page.
Field Description
Valid AP MAC Lists the MAC address of each AP configured in the local Valid AP database. If the AP to
Address add is in the database, select its MAC address from the menu to populate the WDS AP
MAC Address field. The AP does not need to be in the Valid AP database to add it to the
WDS group.
Hardware Type Select the hardware type for the AP. The hardware type is determined, in part, by the
number of radios the AP supports (single or dual) and the IEEE 802.11 modes that the
radio supports (a/b/g or a/b/g/n).
WDS AP MAC MAC Address of the AP to add to the WDS-managed group. If the AP is not in the Valid
Address AP database, clear the field (if necessary) and enter the MAC address of the AP to add.
Priority Spanning Tree Priority for this AP. The priority is used only when spanning tree mode
is enabled.
The priority determines which AP is selected as the root of the spanning tree and which
AP has preference over another AP when multiple equal cost paths exist in the
topology. The lower value for the spanning tree priority means that the AP is more likely
to be used for bridging data into the campus network. You should assign a lower priority
to the APs connected to the wired network than to the satellite APs.
The priority value is rounded down to a multiple of 4096. The range is 0 – 61440, and
the default value is 36864.
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Figure 405: WDS Managed AP Settings

Table 371: WDS Managed AP Configuration - Add AP

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