User's Manual

Chapter 6 Wireless 66
Use this screen to set up your WDS (Wireless Dis
tribution System) links between the Device and
other wireless APs. You need to know the MAC address of the peer device. Once the security
settings of peer sides match one another, the connection between devices is made.
 WDS security is independent of the security settings between the Device and any wireless
clients.
 Not all APs support WDS links. Check your other AP’s documentation.
Click Network Setting > Wireless > WDS. The following screen displays.
Figure 36 Network Setting
> Wireless > WDS
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 18 Network Setting
> Wireless > WDS
LABEL DESCRIPTION
WDS Security Select the type of the key used to encrypt data between APs. All the wireless APs
(including the De
vice) must use the same pre-shared key for data transmission.
The option is available only when you set the security mode to WP
A2 or WPA2-PSK in
the Wireless > General screen.
TKIP Select this to use TKIP (Temporal Ke
y Integrity Protocol) encryption.
AES Select this to use AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption.
# This is the index number of the individual WDS link.
Active Select this to activate the link between the Device and the peer device to which this entry
r
efers. When you do not select the check box this link is down.
Remote Bridge
MA
C Address
Type the MAC address of the peer device in a valid MAC address format (six hexadecimal
character pairs, for example 12:34:56:78:9a:bc).
PSK Enter a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including
spaces and symbols).