Allied Telesis AT-WR4500 manual WDS Interface Configuration, Submenu level /interface wireless wds

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max-station-count(integer; default: 2007) - number of clients that can connect to this AP simultaneously

mtu (integer: 68..1600; default: 1500) - Maximum Transmission Unit

name (name; default: wlanN) - interface name

proprietary-extensions(pre-2.9.25 post-2.9.25; default: post-2.9.25) - the method to insert additional information (MikroTik proprietary extensions) into the wireless frames. This option is needed to workaround incompatibility between the old (pre-2.9.25) method and new Intel Centrino PCI-Express cards

pre-2.9.25- include extensions in the form accepted by older RouterOS versions. This will include the new format as well, so this mode is compatiblewith all RouterOS versions. This mode is incompatible with wireless clients built on the new Centrino wireless chipset and may as well be incompatible with some other stations

security-profile(text; default: default) - which security profile to use. Define security profiles under /interface wireless security-profiles where you can setup WPA or WEP wireless security, for further details, see the Security Profiles section of this manual

ssid (text; default: AT-WR4560) - the service set identifier

update-stats-interval(time) - how often to update (request from the clients) signal strength and ccq values in /interface wireless registration-table

wds-cost-range(integer; default: 50-150) - range, within which the bridge port cost of the WDS links are adjusted. The calculations are based on the p-throughputvalue of the respective WDS interface, which represents estimated approimate rhtoughput on the interface, which is mapped on the wds-cost- range scale so that bigger p-throughputwould correspond to numerically lower port cost. The cost is recalculated every 20 seconds or when the p-throughputchanges more than by 10% since the last recalculation

wds-default-bridge(name; default: none) - the default bridge for WDS interface. If you use dynamic WDS then it is very useful in cases when wds connection is reset - the newly created dynamic WDS interface will be put in this bridge

wds-default-cost(integer; default: 100) - default bridge port cost of the WDS links

wds-ignore-ssid(yes no; default: no) - if set to 'yes', the AP will create WDS links with any other AP in this frequency. If set to 'no' the ssid values must match on both APs

wds-mode(disabled dynamic static) - WDS mode: disabled - WDS interfaces are disabled dynamic - WDS interfaces are created 'on the fly' static - WDS interfaces are created manually

wmm-support(disabled enabled required) - whether to allow (or require) peer to use WMM extensions to provide basic quality of service

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The VAP MAC address is set by default to the same address as the physical interface has, with the second bit of the first byte set (i.e., the MAC address would start with 02). If that address is already used by some other wireless or VAP interface, it is increased by 1 until a free spot is found. When manually assigning MAC address, keep in mind that it should have the first bit of the first byte unset (so it should not be like 01, or A3). Note also that it is recommended to keep the MAC adress of VAP as similar (in terms of bit values) to the MAC address of the physical interface it is put onto, as possible, because the more different the addresses are, the more it affects performance.

4.3.10WDS Interface Configuration

Submenu level: /interface wireless wds

Description

WDS (Wireless Distribution System) allows packets to pass from one wireless AP (Access Point) to another, just as if the APs were ports on a wired Ethernet switch. APs must use the same standard (802.11a, 802.11b or 802.11g) and work on the same frequencies in order to connect to each other.

There are two possibilities to create a WDS interface:

•dynamic - is created 'on the fly' and appers under wds menu as a dynamic interface

•static - is created manually