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WDS Bridge
Cisco Small Business WAP121 and WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point with PoE
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WDS Bridge
The Wireless Distribution System (WDS) allows you to connect multiple WAP121 
and WAP321 devices. With WDS, access points communicate with one another 
without wires. This capability is critical in providing a seamless experience for 
roaming clients and for managing multiple wireless networks. It can also simplify 
the network infrastructure by reducing the amount of cabling required. You can 
configure the WAP device in point-to-point or point-to-multipoint bridge mode 
based on the number of links to connect.
In the point-to-point mode, the WAP device accepts client associations and 
communicates with wireless clients and other repeaters. The WAP device 
forwards all traffic meant for the other network over the tunnel that is established 
between the access points. The bridge does not add to the hop count. It functions 
as a simple OSI Layer 2 network device.
In the point-to-multipoint bridge mode, one WAP device acts as the common link 
between multiple access points. In this mode, the central WAP device accepts 
client associations and communicates with the clients and other repeaters. All 
other access points associate only with the central WAP device that forwards the 
packets to the appropriate wireless bridge for routing purposes.
The WAP device can also act as a repeater. In this mode, the WAP device serves 
as a connection between two WAP devices that might be too far apart to be within 
cell range. When acting as a repeater, the WAP device does not have a wired 
connection to the LAN and repeats signals by using the wireless connection. No 
special configuration is required for the WAP device to function as a repeater, and 
there are no repeater mode settings. Wireless clients can still connect to an WAP 
device that is operating as a repeater.
Before you configure WDS on the WAP device, note these guidelines:
WDS only works with Cisco WAP121 and Cisco WAP321 devices.
All Cisco WAP devices participating in a WDS link must have the following 
identical settings:
User-Password (2)
A fixed global password used to 
look up a client MAC entry.
NOPASSWORD
RADIUS Server 
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