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A Wireless Distribution System (WDS) is an 802.11f technology that wirelessly connects access points, known as Basic Service Sets (BSS), to form what is known as an Extended Service Set (ESS).
Important A BSS generally equates to an access point (deployed as a
Using WDS to bridge distant wired LANs
In an ESS, a network of multiple access points, each access point serves part of an area which is too large for a single access point to cover. You can use WDS to bridge distant Ethernets to create a single LAN. For example, suppose you have one access point which is connected to the network by Ethernet and serving multiple client stations in the
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