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WM Access Domain Services configuration
Wireless Distribution System
A Wireless Distribution System (WDS) enables you to expand the wireless network by interconnecting
the Altitude APs through wireless links in addition to the traditional method of interconnecting
Altitude APs via a wired esnetwork.
NOTE
The Scalance AP W788-2 does not support WDS.
A WDS deployment is ideally suited for locations, where installing ethernet cabling is too expensive, or
physically impossible.
The WDS can be deployed in three configurations:
Simple WDS Configuration
Wireless Repeater Configuration
Wireless Bridge Configuration
Simple WDS configuration
In a typical configuration, the Altitude APs are connected to the distribution system via an Ethernet
network, which provides connectivity to the Summit WM Controller.
However, when an Altitude AP is installed in a remote location and can't be wired to the distribution
system, an intermediate Altitude AP is connected to the distribution system via the Ethernet link. This
intermediate Altitude AP forwards and receives the user traffic from the remote Altitude AP over a
radio link.
The intermediate Altitude AP that is connected to the distribution system via the Ethernet network is
called Root AP, and the Altitude AP that is remotely located is called the Satellite AP.
The following figure illustrates the Simple WDS configuration:
Figure 10: Simple WDS configuration
Summit WM Controller
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Root Altitude AP
Satellite Altitude AP
Client Devices
Summit WM User Guide, Software Version 5.3
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