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Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point
AW5500
User Manual V. 1.3
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5.2 WDS Bridge Mode
On this mode multiple AW5500 can bridge together to create a Wireless Distribution System.
Under this mode, the device uses its second MAC address as its wireless interface instead of
the first one. The following details the WDS structure; there are three roles that AW5500 can
play in a WDS network:
 Root AP (or Root)
 Hybrid (or Parent)
 Station (or Child)
Please keep in mind that there should be one and only one Root AP in the WDS network.
Hybrids can connect to a Root AP or connect with each other and Stations can connect with
either a Root AP or a Hybrid. Connecting multiple WDS nodes to a Root AP or a Hybrid is
allowed as well. Please take a look at the following tree structure, Figure 5.3.
Figure 5.3