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ConfiguringtheWirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)

D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide

November2011 Page83

UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide

ToconfigureWDSonthisAP,describeeachAPintendedtoreceivehand‐offsandsendinformationtothisAP.

ForeachdestinationAP,configurethefieldslistedinTable21.

IfyouselectNoneasyourpreferredWDSencryptionoption,youwillnotbeask e dtofillinanymore

fieldson

theWDSpage.AlldatatransferredbetweenthetwoAPsontheWDSlinkwillbeunencrypted.

Table27:WDSSettings

Field Description

SpanningTree

Mode

SpanningTreeProtocol(STP)preventsswitchingloops.STPisrecommendedifyou

configureWDSlinks.

SelectEnabledtouseSTP

SelectDisabledtoturnoffSTPlinks(notrecommended)

Radio ForeachWDSlinkonatwo‐radioAP,selectRadioOneorRadioTwo.Therestofthe

settingsforthelinkapplytotheradioselectedinthisfield.Theread‐only LocalAddress

willchangedependingonwhichRadioyouselectinthisfield.

Note:ThisfieldisnotavailableontheDWL‐3600AP.

LocalAddress Indicates theMACaddressesforthisAP.

ForeachWDSlinkona

two‐radioAP,theLocalAddressreflectstheMACaddressforthe

inte rnalinterfaceontheselectedradio(RadioOneonwlan0orRadioTwoonwlan1).

RemoteAddress SpecifytheMACaddressofthedestinationAP;thatis,theAPontheotherendofthe

WDSlinktowhich

datawillbesentorhanded‐offandfromwhichdatawillbereceived.

Clickthedrop‐downarrowtotherightoftheRemoteAddressfieldtoseealistofallthe

availableMACAddressesandtheirassociatedSSIDsonthenetwork.Selectthe

appropriateMACaddressfromthe

list.

NOTE:TheSSIDdisplayedinthedrop‐downlistissimplytohelpyouidentifythecorrect

MACAddressforthedestinationAP.ThisSSIDisaseparateSSIDtothatwhichyousetfor

theWDSlink.Thetwodonot(andshouldnot)bethesamevalueor

name.

Encryption Youcanusenoencryption,WEP,orWPA(PSK)ontheWDSlink.

Ifyouar eunconcernedaboutsecurityissuesontheWDSlinkyoumaydecidenottoset

anytypeofencryption.Alternatively,ifyouhavesecurityconcernsyoucanchoose

betweenStaticWEPandWPA(PSK).In

WPA(PSK)mode,theAPusesWPA2‐PSKwith

CCMP(AES)encryptionovertheWDSlink.

NOTE:InordertoconfigureWPA‐PSKonanyWDSlink,VAP0oftheselectedradiomust

beconfiguredforWPA‐PSKorWPA‐Enterprise.

Note:TodisableaWDSlink,youmustremovethevalueconfiguredintheRemoteAddressfield.

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