Wds (Wireless Distributed System) - 3Com OfficeConnect 3CRWE454A72 User Manual

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WDS (Wireless
Figure 23 WDS
Distributed System)
WDS allows you to make a completely wireless infrastructure. Normally,
the access points must be connected to the LAN with a wire. The WDS
feature allows the access points to be wirelessly connected to the LAN.
This is useful when it is not possible to route a network cable to the
desired site for the Access Point.
To enable this feature the MAC addresses of each access point needs to
be entered into the table so that the access points are able to
communicate with each other. The SSIDs and security settings also need
to be the same.
The option is also given to choose if you wish to use 11a or 11g channels
to connect access points.