Setup guide

simultaneously
mtu (integer: 68..1600; default: 1500) - Maximum Transmission Unit
name (name; default: wlanN) - interface name
ssid (text; default: Wandy) - the service set identifier
WDS Interface Configuration
interface wireless wds
Description
WDS (Wireless Distribution System) allows packets to pass from one wireless AP (Access Point) to
another, just as if the APs were ports on a wired Ethernet switch. APs must have equal System Set
Identifiers (ssid), must use the same standard (802.11a, 802.11b or 802.11g) and work on the same
frequencies in order to connect to each other.
There are two possibilities to create a WDS interface:
• dynamic - is created 'on the fly' and appers under wds menu as a dynamic interface
• static - is created manually
Property Description
name (name; default: wdsN) - WDS interface name
mtu (integer: 0..65336; default: 1500) - Maximum Transmission Unit
mac-address (MAC address; default: 00:00:00:00:00:00) - MAC address of the master-interface.
Specifying master-interface, this value will be set automatically
arp (disabled | enabled | proxy-arp | reply-only; default: enabled) - Address Resolution Protocol
• disabled - the interface will not use ARP
• enabled - the interface will use ARP
• proxy-arp - the interface will use the ARP proxy feature
• reply-only - the interface will only reply to the requests originated to its own IP addresses.
Neighbour MAC addresses will be resolved using /ip arp statically set table only
disable-running-check (yes | no; default: no) - disable running check. For 'broken' wireless cards it
is a good idea to set this value to 'yes'
master-interface (name) - wireless interface which will be used by WDS
wds-address (MAC address) - MAC address of the remote WDS host
Notes
When the link between WDS devices, using wds-mode=dynamic, goes down, the dynamic WDS
interfaces disappear and if there are any IP addresses set on this interface, their 'interface' setting
will change to (unknown). When the link comes up again, the 'interface' value will not change - it
will remain as (unknown). That's why it is not recommended to add IP addresses to dynamic WDS
interfaces.
If you want to use dynamic WDS in a bridge, set the wds-default-bridge value to desired bridge
interface name. When the link will go down and then it comes up, the dynamic WDS interface will
be put in the specified bridge automatically.
As the routers which are in WDS mode have to communicate at equal frequencies, it is not