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TEW-823DRU
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To congure WDS bridging between TEW-823DRU routers, do the following:
1 Log into your router management page (refer to “Log in to Management Page” on page 8).
2 Click on Advanced > Wireless (2.4GHz or 5GHz) > WDS.
3 Click on the WDS drop-down list and select Enable.
IMPORTANT: Ensure the basic wireless security (Basic > Wireless > Security) on router is set
to WEP or Disabled mode. WDS cannot funcon in WPA or WPA2 mode.
ÍNote: Click Site survey to search for Access Point’s MAC address to connect.
4 Enter the MAC address of the other WDS supported wireless device you are bridging. For
example, 00:11:22:AA:BB:CC.
5 Click Apply to save the changes.
ÍNote: To discard the changes, click Cancel.
For addional routers, make sure to disable the DHCP server rst on all addional routers
and congure the LAN IP address to be dierent on each router. You will connect devices to
the LAN ports 1-4 only on all addional routers and the WAN port is not used. Then, repeat
the steps for addional routers you are bridging.
The following illustraon shows the access point with WDS enabled connecon diagram.
Access point mode
connecon
Wireless bridged
connecon
Client 1 (AP2)
Client 1 (AP3)
Client 1 (AP1)
WDS Bridge 1
WDS Bridge 2
Cable DSL
Modem
LAN A
LAN A
AP1
AP2
AP3
TEW-823DRU
TEW-823DRU
TEW-823DRU
(LAN DHCP Server Disabled)
(IP Address: 192.168.10.1)
(LAN DHCP Server Disabled)
(IP Address: 192.168.10.3)
LAN A
Network with Wireless
N PC Card
(LAN DHCP Server Disabled)
(IP Address: 192.168.10.2)