D-Link DWC-1000 [107/368] Configure wds managed ap

D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual 107

Section 4 - Advanced WLAN Conguration

Congure WDS Managed AP

Path:Wireless>AccessPoint>WDSGroups>WDSGroups

1. Click Wireless > Access Point > WDS Groups.

2. Click Add New WDS Group.

3. Complete the elds in the table on the next page and click Save.

Field Description

WDS Group Name AdescriptivenameoftheWDSAPgroup,whichcancontainupto32characters.

Spanning Tree

SpecieswhethertoenablespanningtreeonallAPsinthisWDSAPgroup.

Spanning tree must be enabled if there are any potential loops in the network. For

exampleifasatelliteAPhaslinkstotworootAPsthenspanningtreemustbeenabled.

Note:ThespanningtreeprotocolrunningontheAPsinteractswiththespanningtree

protocolrunningontheedgeswitchestowhichtheAPsareconnected.

Edit Password

Password used for securing WPA2‐Personal security on the WDS Link. Range: 8 – 63

ASCIIcharacters.Tocreateorchangethepassword,selecttheEditcheckboxandtypea

password in the available eld.

ThispasswordmustmatchthepasswordssetonthesatelliteAPsinthisgroup.Bydefault,

thepasswordisAP‐Group‐n,wherenistheAPgroupID.