Table of contents
1. Introduction
Many 802.11g products now come equipped with WDS bridging and repeating capabilities, but getting them set up isn't as easy as it should be. This ProblemSolver will first review the basics of WDS and compare it to previous bridging methodologies. We'll then provide some tips to help you maximize your chances of WDS success.
We'll put it all to work by stepping through two detailed setup examples that will show you how decipher your product's bridging controls and understand how to use them. Then we'll wrap up with some examples of "advanced" WDS configurations.
Please read references to access points (AP) as applying to either access points or wireless routers unless otherwise noted.
Very good article. I am having some problems of my own with a pair of Sitecomm Wireless routers (WL-312 and WL-610).
I am going to reset them both back to factory defaults and start again using this guide.
i used a thomson tg585 and a netfaste iad2. WDS "worked" but: many packet loss while pinging and speed is below 10KB/S ! ...
Would it not be nice if products came with articles like this. Even smarter, would be videos that do one mode from A to Z. Most products jumble all the modes in together and out of sequence. The best manual, I have read a litlle of is the Engenius ENH200 that goes through each mode that way.
I am hoping that the ENH200 will act as a range extender from an E585 Huawei wireless modem. I am still learning as I go. Frank at kingsgully@gmail.com if you can assist me.
Thank you!
Great article that answered my questions.
Thanks for the well organized and comprehensive explanation about WDS.
I like this kind of writing so much.
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