TRENDnet TEW-753DAP User's Guide - Page 10

TEW-753DAP User's Guide Wireless Distribution System Deploy ONLY multiple TEW-753DAPs in a single DS (distribution system). WDS may not work with other products due to its non-standard nature. WDS mode is a non-standard extension to the IEEE 802.11 standard to allow transparent Ethernet bridging on the station and to implement seamingless hand-over for wireless clients roaming between different access points. Transparent bridge is also one of the requirement to some layer 2 services such as DHCP and 802.1X authentication. Because the WDS implementation different from product to product, not all WDS enabled products are interoperable. You have to use multiple TEW-753DAP to build your mesh wireless DS or transparent bridge. You can setup TEW-753DAP on different WDS modes for your different network planning. WDS Bridge: In this mode, the selected interface wirelessly communicate to other WDS bridges to make a wireless backbone. You can make a simple mesh network with these WDS bridges. To build a WDS link, you have to list the neighbor's BSSID (the MAC address) as next hop packet forwarding. Your neig, vice versa, has to list your BSSID (the MAC Address) as its next hop. Make sure all access points are configured with the same SSID as a single DS (distribution system), wireless channel and wireless encryption settings have to be the same as well. PS W WDS Bridge Installation Wireless Distribution System WDS Access Point: WDS AP is an outlet of a DS. Pairing with a WDS Station you can build a transparent bridge between two DS or from DS to STA. (See more information in "Appendix" on page 53 ) WDS Station: Pair with WDS AP, you can build a transparent bridge for layer 2 requirements. (See more information in "Appendix" on page 53 ) WDS AP WDS Station Transparent Bridge © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reserved. 8