Chapter 8 Wireless LAN
EMG1302-R10A User’s Guide
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8.13 WDS
A Wireless Distribution System is a wireless connection between two or more APs. Use this screen
to set the operating mode of your EMG1302-R10A to AP + Bridge or Bridge Only and establish
wireless links with other APs. You need to know the MAC address of the peer device, which also
must be in bridge mode.
Note: You must enable the same wireless security settings on the EMG1302-R10A and on
all wireless clients that you want to associate with it.
To open this screen, click Configuration > Network > Wireless LAN > WDS.
Figure 47 Configuration > Network > Wireless LAN > WDS
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 31 Configuration > Network > Wireless LAN > WDS
LABEL DESCRIPTION
WDS Setup
Basic Settings Select the operating mode for your EMG1302-R10A.
• AP + Bridge - The EMG1302-R10A functions as a bridge and access point
simultaneously.
• Bridge Only - The EMG1302-R10A acts as a wireless network bridge and
establishes wireless links with other APs. You need to know the MAC address of the
peer device, which also must be in bridge mode. The EMG1302-R10A can establish
up to five wireless links with other APs.
Local MAC Address This is the MAC address of your EMG1302-R10A.
PHY Mode (Bridge
only)
Select CCK (11b mode), OFDM (11g mode), HTMIX (11b/g/n mixed mode) or
GREENFIELD (11n mode) from the drop-down menu. All AP devices should be setup to
the same Phy mode.
Remote MAC
Address (AP+Bridge
/ Bridge only)
This is the MAC address of a remote device.
Security
EncrypType Select whether to use TKIP or AES encryption for your WDS connection in this field.
Otherwise, select No Security.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the EMG1302-R10A.
Reset Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
