Configuring Wds; Guidelines For Wds; Requirements For Wds - Allen-Bradley Stratix 5100 User Manual

Chapter 13 Configuring WDS, Fast Secure Roaming, Radio Management, and Wireless Intrusion Detection Services

Configuring WDS

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This section describes how to configure WDS on your network.
Topic

Guidelines for WDS

Requirements for WDS

Configuration Overview
Configuring Access Points as Potential WDS Devices
Configuring Access Points to Use the WDS Device
Configuring WDS-Only Mode
Configuring WDS-Only Mode
Viewing WDS Information
Using Debug Messages
Guidelines for WDS
Follow these guidelines when configuring WDS:
• A WDS access point that also serves client devices supports up to 30
participating access points, but a WDS access point with radios disabled
supports up to 60 participating access points.
• The WDS mode supports only up to 60 infrastructure access points and
1200 clients.
• Repeater access points do not support WDS. Do not configure a repeater
access point as a WDS candidate, and do not configure a WDS access
point to return (fall back) to repeater mode in case of Ethernet failure.
• You cannot configure a Cisco 350 series access point as your main WDS
device. However, you can configure Cisco 350 series access points to
participate in WDS.
Requirements for WDS
To configure WDS, you must have these items on your wireless LAN:
• At least one access point, Integrated Services Router (ISR), or switch
(equipped with a Wireless LAN Services Module) that you can configure
as the WDS device
• An authentication server (or an access point or ISR configured as a local
authenticator)
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