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Network Setup menu options
Wireless
Figure 90 WDS
In the Wireless Distribution System pane, select an option for Mode. This is the mode that WDS is
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operating in. Available options are:
• Disable — Disables WDS completely.
• Automatic — Enables bridging or repeating as appropriate. If the wireless interface is unconfigured,
then bridging is enabled (wireless clients cannot connect). Otherwise repeating is enabled.
Specify the WPA preshared key that is used for the WDS link in the WPA Key field. This key is only used
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if the Access Point security method is configured for WPA-PSK or WPA-Enterprise. If the Security
Method is set to WEP, then the same WEP Key is used for both the wireless clients and the WDS link.
Note: You cannot enable both WDS and WEP with 802.1X.
• Can be exactly 64 hexadecimal characters (0-9, a-b, or A-B)
• Can be from 8 to 63 characters of any type
Click Update.
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In the Access Points pane, specify the MAC address of an Access Point to create a WDS link to, and
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then click Add. You can create up to 8 WDS links.
You can delete a WDS link using the delete icon in the WDS page. You can change the MAC address for a
WDS link using the edit icon in the Connections tab. The MAC address can be Ethernet MAC address of the
form AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF, where each component is a hexadecimal digit.
Configuring WDS bridging
Use this procedure to configure WDS bridging.
Configure the wireless settings on the Access Point tab.
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Select the WDS tab.
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Set Mode to Automatic.
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Click Add and enter the MAC of the peer Access Point.
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Click the Connections tab.
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