Gateway 7001 Series User Manual

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The following notes summarize some critical guidelines regarding WDS configuration. Read 
all the notes before proceeding with WDS configuration.

To configure WDS on this access point, describe each AP intended to receive hand-offs 
and send information to this AP. Each destination AP needs the following description.

• The only security mode available on the WDS link is 
Static WEP, which is not particularly secure. Therefore, we 
recommend using WDS to bridge the guest network only 
for this release.

Do not use WDS to bridge access points on the internal 
network unless you are not concerned about the security 
risk for data traffic on that network.

• When using WDS, be sure to configure WDS settings on 
both access points participating in the WDS link.

• You can have only one WDS link between any pair of 
access points. That is, a remote MAC address may appear 
only once on the WDS page for a particular access point.

• Both access points participating in a WDS link must be 
on the same Radio channel and using the same IEEE 
802.11 mode. (See 

 for information on configuring the Radio mode 

and channel.)

• Do not create loops with either WDS bridges or 
combinations of Wired (Ethernet) connections and WDS 
bridges. Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), which manages 
path redundancy and prevent unwanted loops, is not 
enabled for this release. Keep these rules in mind when 
working with WDS on this release of the Gateway 7001 
Series self-managed AP:

Any two access points can be connected by only a single 
path - either a WDS bridge (wireless) or an Ethernet 
connection (wired), but not both.

Do not create “backup” links.

If you can trace more than one path between any pair of 
APs going through any combination of Ethernet or WDS 
links, you have a loop.

You can only extend or bridge either the internal or guest 
network but not both.