2.
Station WDS
: WDS stands for Wireless Distribution System. Station WDS
should be used while connecting to the Access Point which is operating in WDS
mode.
Station WDS mode enables packet forwarding at layer 2 level.
The benefit of
Station WDS
is improved performance and faster throughput.
Station WDS - Bridge
mode is fully transparent for all the Layer2 protocols.
Refer to the section Network Settings for detailed Bridge network mode
configuration information.
3.
Access Point
: This is an 802.11 Access Point mode.
AP WDS Basic Wireless Settings
4.
Access Point WDS
: This is an 802.11 Access Point which allows for layer 2
bridging with Station WDS devices using the WDS protocol.
WDS allows you to bridge wireless traffic between devices which are operating
in
Access Point
mode. Access Point is usually connected to a wired network
(Ethernet LAN) allowing wireless connection to the wired network. By
connecting Access Points to one another in an Extended Service Set using the
WDS, distant Ethernets can be bridged into a single LAN.
It is very important that network loops should not be created with either WDS
bridges or combinations of wired (Ethernet) connections and WDS bridges. Tree
or Star shape network topology should be used in all WDS use-cases (i.e. if AP2
and AP3 are specified as the WDS peers of AP1, AP2 should not be specified as
the WDS peer of AP3 and AP3 should not be specified as the WDS peer of AP2
in any case). Mesh and Ring network topologies are not supported by WDS and
should be avoided in all the use cases.
Note:
Station WDS
and
AP WDS
mode uses the WDS protocol which is not defined as
the standard thus compatibility issues between equipment from different vendors may
arise.
MAC Clone option makes the Station fully transparent while acting as the laptop or PC
which is connected to the AirOS device LAN port (Ethernet interface). MAC of the client
computer is cloned and copied on top of the AirOS device, so it can be made to
connect to the same device and maintain any MAC ID security based privileges from
the server.
MAC Cloning option is effective for one and the only PC connected to the subscriber
station’s LAN port as the station will authenticate and associate to the chosen Access
Point using the MAC address of the PC.
WDS Peers: WDS Stations and/or WDS Access Points connected to the AirOS
powered Access Point should be specified in this list in order to create a wireless
network infrastructure - Wireless Distribution System (applicable for AP WDS mode
only).
Enter the MAC address of the paired WDS device in the WDS Peer entry field. One MAC
address should be specified for Point-to-Point connection use case, up to six WDS
Peers can be specified for Point-to-Multi-Point connection use case.
