D-Link DWL-3600AP

ConfiguringtheWirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
November2011 Page83
UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
ToconfigureWDSonthisAP,describeeachAPintendedtoreceivehand‐offsandsendinformationtothisAP.
ForeachdestinationAP,configurethefieldslistedinTable21.
IfyouselectNoneasyourpreferredWDSencryptionoption,youwillnotbeask e dtofillinanymore
fieldson
theWDSpage.AlldatatransferredbetweenthetwoAPsontheWDSlinkwillbeunencrypted.
Table27:WDSSettings
Field Description
SpanningTree
Mode
SpanningTreeProtocol(STP)preventsswitchingloops.STPisrecommendedifyou
configureWDSlinks.
SelectEnabledtouseSTP
SelectDisabledtoturnoffSTPlinks(notrecommended)
Radio ForeachWDSlinkonatwo‐radioAP,selectRadioOneorRadioTwo.Therestofthe
settingsforthelinkapplytotheradioselectedinthisfield.Theread‐only LocalAddress
willchangedependingonwhichRadioyouselectinthisfield.
Note:ThisfieldisnotavailableontheDWL‐3600AP.
LocalAddress Indicates theMACaddressesforthisAP.
ForeachWDSlinkona
two‐radioAP,theLocalAddressreflectstheMACaddressforthe
inte rnalinterfaceontheselectedradio(RadioOneonwlan0orRadioTwoonwlan1).
RemoteAddress SpecifytheMACaddressofthedestinationAP;thatis,theAPontheotherendofthe
WDSlinktowhich
datawillbesentorhanded‐offandfromwhichdatawillbereceived.
Clickthedrop‐downarrowtotherightoftheRemoteAddressfieldtoseealistofallthe
availableMACAddressesandtheirassociatedSSIDsonthenetwork.Selectthe
appropriateMACaddressfromthe
list.
NOTE:TheSSIDdisplayedinthedrop‐downlistissimplytohelpyouidentifythecorrect
MACAddressforthedestinationAP.ThisSSIDisaseparateSSIDtothatwhichyousetfor
theWDSlink.Thetwodonot(andshouldnot)bethesamevalueor
name.
Encryption Youcanusenoencryption,WEP,orWPA(PSK)ontheWDSlink.
Ifyouar eunconcernedaboutsecurityissuesontheWDSlinkyoumaydecidenottoset
anytypeofencryption.Alternatively,ifyouhavesecurityconcernsyoucanchoose
betweenStaticWEPandWPA(PSK).In
WPA(PSK)mode,theAPusesWPA2‐PSKwith
CCMP(AES)encryptionovertheWDSlink.
NOTE:InordertoconfigureWPA‐PSKonanyWDSlink,VAP0oftheselectedradiomust
beconfiguredforWPA‐PSKorWPA‐Enterprise.
Note:TodisableaWDSlink,youmustremovethevalueconfiguredintheRemoteAddressfield.