WDS WLAN Services

In a traditional WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) deployment, each radio of the wireless AP can interact with the client devices on a maximum of eight networks.

In WDS deployment, one of the radios of every WDS AP establishes a WDS link on an exclusive WLAN Service. The WDS AP is therefore limited to seven network WLAN Services on the WDS radio. The other radio can interact with the client-devices on a maximum of eight WLAN Services.

Note

The root wireless AP and the Repeater APs can also be configured to interact with the client-devices. For more information, see Assigning the Satellite Wireless APs‘ Radios to the Network WLAN Services.

The WLAN Service on which the APs establish the WDS link is called the WDS WLAN Service.

A WDS can be setup either by using either a single WDS WLAN Service or multiple WDS WLAN Services. The following figures illustrate the point.

Deployment Example shows:

• The rectangular enclosure denotes an office building.
• The four wireless APs — Minoru, Yosemite, Bjorn and Lancaster — are within the confines of the building and are connected to the wired network.
• The space around the office building is a ware house.
• The solid arrows point towards Preferred Parents.
• The dotted arrows point towards Backup Parents.

Deployment Example