D-Link DWL-3600AP - Configuring the Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

ConfiguringtheWirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
November2011 Page81
UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
ConfiguringtheWirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)
TheWirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)allowsyoutoconnectmultipleUAPs.WithWDS,APscommunicate
withoneanotherwithoutwiresinastandardizedway.Thiscapabilityiscriticalinprovidingaseamless
experienceforroamingclientsandformanagingmultiplewirelessnetworks.Itcanalsosimplifythenetwork
infrastructureby
reducingtheamountofcablingrequired.YoucanconfiguretheAPinpoint‐to‐pointorpoint‐
to‐multipointbridgemodebasedonthenumberoflinkstoconnect.
Inthepoint‐to‐pointmode,theAPacceptsclientassociationsandcommunicateswithwirelessclientsand
otherrepeaters.TheAPforwards
alltrafficmeantfortheothernetworkoverthetunnelthatisestablished
betweentheAPs.Thebridgedoesnotaddtothehopcount.ItfunctionsasasimpleOSIlayer2networkdevice.
Inthepoint‐to‐multipointbridgemode,oneAPactsasthecommonlinkbetweenmultiple
APs.Inthismode,
thecentralAPacceptsclientassociationsandcommunicateswiththeclientsandotherrepeaters.AllotherAPs
associateonlywiththecentralAPthatforwardsthepacketstotheappropriatewire lessbridgeforrouting
purposes.
TheUAPcanalsoactasarepeater.Inthismode,the
APservesasaconnectionbetweentwoAPsthatmight
betoofaraparttobewithincellrange.Whenactingasarepeater,theAPdoesnothaveawiredconnectionto
theLANandrepeatssignalsbyusingthewirelessconnection.Nospecialconfigurationisrequiredforthe
AP
tofunctionasarepeater,andtherearenorepeatermodesettings.WirelessclientscanstillconnecttoanAP
thatisoperatingasarepeater.
Tospecifythedetailsoftrafficexchangefromthisaccesspointtoothers,clicktheWDStab.
Note:WhenyoumoveanAPfromStandaloneModetoManagedMode,WDSisdisabled.InManaged
Mode,youconfiguretheAPbyusingtheD‐LinkUnifiedWirelessSwitch.TheAdministratorUI,aswell
asTelnet,SSH,andSNMPaccessaredisabledwhentheAPisinManage dMode.