Weidmuller WI-MOD-945-E: 900Mhz Wireless Ethernet & Device Server v2.16 - Manual (Page 55)

Weidmuller Wireless Ethernet Modem & Device Server WI-MOD-945-E User Manual
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Mode, this must match WEP Key 1 on the Access point this virtual client will connect
to. For AP mode, clients must configure their WEP Key 1 to the same value as this
key and select the Default WEP Key to be WEP Key 1.
Router IP Leave this field blank if this WDS interface is to be bridged with the default wireless
interface. Otherwise enter the IP address for this connection that specifies the IP
network to which messages are routed.
Router Subnet Leave this field blank if this WDS interface is to be bridged with the default wireless
interface. Otherwise enter the subnet mask of the network to which messages are
routed.
STP Applicable to WDS bridged connections only. Select the STP option if you wish to
enable the bridge Spanning Tree Protocol on this connection.
There are many different ways to setup wireless networks; often it depends on the devices you wish to connect and the
existing network topology.
The following pages show some examples of how to connect devices into different types of systems.
Example 1 – Extending range using WDS
Figure 34 - Extending Range
One of the most common uses for WDS is to extend the range of the wireless network using repeaters. The diagram
above illustrates a simple example where the four Access Points are all at fixed locations (each of the Access Points
could, of course, have one or more client/stations connected). Since the locations are fixed, we can avoid the overhead of
using the Bridge Spanning Tree protocol here by configuring fixed WDS links to ensure that each Access Point will only
connect to the next Access Point in the chain. Any number of additional intermediate repeaters could be added to the
chain in a similar way.
Figure 35 - Site B WDS Configuration 1