National Instruments WAP-3711 NI WAP-3701/3711 User’s Manual, Web Console Configuration, 3-14

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.

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.

Sample wireless bridge network topology.

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