NI WAP-3701/3711 User’s Manual | Web Console Configuration |
By WDS, two or more LAN segments can be connected wirelessly. As illustrated in the above figure, a pair of wireless LAN-to-LAN bridges is used to connect two LAN segments. Since the AP is WDS-enabled, it can be used as a wireless bridge.
NOTE | The NI WAP-3701/3711 can have up to 6 WDS links to other APs or wireless bridges. |
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To enable a WDS link:
1.Specify the MAC address of the NI WAP-3701/3711 at the other end of the WDS link.
2.Select the corresponding Enabled check box.
For example, assume that you want two NI WAP-3701/3711’s with MAC addresses
00-02-65-01-62-C5 and 00-02-65-01-62-C6 to establish a WDS link. On the NI WAP-3701/3711 with MAC address 00-02-65-01-62-C5, set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00-02-65-01-62-C6 and on the NI WAP-3701/3711 with MAC address 00-02-65-01-62-C6, set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00-02-65-01-C5.
TIP | Plan your wireless network and draw a diagram so that you know how each NI WAP-3701/3711 |
| is connected to other peer APs or wireless bridges by WDS, and how bridges are connected to |
| other peer bridges by WDS. See the following figure for an sample network-planning diagram. |
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Sample wireless bridge network topology.