Netgear UTM9S – ProSECURE Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliance with DSL and Wireless modules Manual De Referência

Configure a Wireless Distribution System

The UTM9S can function as a station (peer) in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS). WDS 
enables expansion of a wireless network through two or more access points that are 
interconnected and that use the same radio channel and security mode.

WDS is supported in any of the security modes (see 

If you configure the access point for WEP, then WDS works in WEP mode; if you configure 
the access point for WPA2, then WDS works in WPA2 mode, and so on. If you configure 
mixed encryption (TKIP+AES, which is supported in WPA and WPA+WPA2 security modes), 
WDS uses AES because it is the stronger encryption method.

To configure WDS, you need to know the MAC addresses of the wireless peers, and you 
need to use a common WPA password or WEP key on all peers. (You enter the WPA 
password or WEP key in the WPA Password field on the WDS Configuration screen.) You 
can configure up to a maximum of four WDS peers.

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Select Network Config > Wireless Settings > WDS Configuration. The WDS 
Configuration screen displays:

Authentication

The type of encryption that the client is using (Open, PSK, RADIUS, or PSK+RADIUS).

Time 
Connected

The period in minutes since the connection was established between the access point and 
the client..