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Local Network Setup

2.2.5 Extending the Range of Your Wirelstess 

Network

Wireless Distribution

System (WDS)

The SpeedTouch™ features the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) functionality. 
This feature allows you to extend the range of your wireless network by introducing 
one or more WDS-enabled devices into your wireless network.

WDS enables data packets to pass from one wireless access point to another, as if 
the access points were ports on a wired Ethernet switch. WDS allows you to extend 
the range of your SpeedTouch™ by means of one or more wireless repeaters, like 
for instance a SpeedTouch™180. The following illustration depicts two WDS-
enabled devices communicating via WDS.

Preconditions

Make sure that:

Your wireless repeater is be WDS enabled.

Both your SpeedTouch™ and your wireless repeater use:

The same WEP key if WEP is enabled.

The same 

 channel.

The SpeedTouch™ allows you to add up to four wireless repeaters.

Repeaters extend the coverage area of your wireless LAN. However, bear in 
mind that throughput is reduced for wireless clients that are connected 
through a repeater.

SpeedTouch™180

SpeedTouch™620

WDS Link

WPA encryption is not supported when using WDS. 

The SpeedTouch™ and your wireless repeater do not necessarily need to 
use the same SSID. Using different SSIDs allows you to force your wireless 
clients to use either the access point of the SpeedTouch™ or the one of your 
wireless repeater.