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ConfiguringtheWirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)
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WEPonWDSLinks
Table28describestheadditionalfieldsthatappearwhenyouselectWEPastheencryptiontype.
WPA/PSKonWDSLinks
Table29describestheadditionalfieldsthatappearwhenyouselectWPA/PSKastheencryptiontype.
Table28:WEPonWDSLinks
Field Description
Encryption WEP
WEP SelectthisoptionifyouwanttosetWEPencryptionontheWDSlink.
KeyLength IfWEPisenabled,specifythelengthoftheWEPkey:
•64bits
• 128bits
KeyType IfWEPisenabled,specifytheWEPkeytype:
•ASCII
•Hex
Characters
Required
Indicates thenumberofcharactersrequiredinthe
WEPkey .
ThenumberofcharactersrequiredupdatesautomaticallybasedonhowyousetKey
LengthandKeyType.
WEPKey Enterastringofcharacters.IfyouselectedASCII,enteranycombinationof0–9,a–z,and
A–Z.IfyouselectedHEX,enterhexadecimaldigits(any
combinationof0–9anda–for
A–F).ThesearetheRC4encryptionkeyssharedwiththestationsusingtheAP.
Note:ToconfigureWPA‐PSKonanyWDSlink,VAP0oftheselectedradiomustbeconfiguredforWPA‐
PSKorWPA‐Enterprise.
Table29:WPA/PSKonWDSLinks
Field Description
Encryption WPA(PSK)
SSID EnteranappropriatenameforthenewWDSlinkyouhavecreated.ThisSSIDshouldbe
differentfromtheotherSSIDsusedbythisAP.However,itisimportantthatthesame
SSIDisalsoenteredattheotherendoftheWDSlink.IfthisSSIDis
notthesameforboth
APsontheWDSlink,theywillnotbeabletocommunicateandexchangedata.
TheSSIDcanbeanyalphanumericcombination.
Key EnterauniquesharedkeyfortheWDSbridge.Thisuniquesharedkeymustalsobe
enteredfortheAPattheotherend
oftheWDSlink.Ifthiskeyisnotthesameforboth
APs,theywillnotbeabletocommunicateandexchangedata.
TheWPA‐PSKkeyisastringofatleast8characterstoamaximumof63characters.
Acceptablecharactersincludeupperandlowercasealphabeticletters,
thenumeric
digits,andspecialsymbolssuchas@and#.