WDS Linked router network

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Revision as of 03:21, 26 September 2005

1 Introduction
2 Current Status for DD-WRT
3 Confirmed Working Products
4 Installation
- 4.1 WDS Linking with WRT54GS
- 4.2 Setting up WDS between a DD-WRT router and an Apple Airport Express

This WIKI is not finished. More tutorials and confirmed working products should be added

Introduction

WDS creates a wireless backbone link between multiple access points that are part of the same wireless network. This allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the need for a wired network connection to link them. The WDS-enabled access points can accept wireless clients (e.g. wireless laptop users) just as the main wired access point (or wireless router) does.

There is no free lunch, however: WDS consumes some wireless bandwidth normally available to wireless clients.

Current Status for DD-WRT

WDS does not work well currently on DD-WRT prefinal5. Use DD-WRT prefinal4 for the time being (5-13-2005).

That's really true. If you have a working WDS Network, you should NOT upgrade, the upgrade may cause malfunction to your running a WDS Network.

DD-WRT v22 R2 seems to be working well.

Confirmed Working Products

-Apple Airport Express
-Linksys WRE54G Wireless Range Expander
-Belkin F5D7230-4  802.11g Wireless DSL/Cable Gateway Router
-CompuShack SWA-103 (Waveline Micro AccessPoint) Repeater Mode
-Fujitsu Siemens AP-600RP

Installation

WDS Linking with WRT54GS

A pretty decent forum post was made about WDS Linking with WRT54GS.

Find it here: http://forum.bsr-clan.de/ftopic624.html

Original was here: http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=7 (with pictures)

Setting up WDS between a DD-WRT router and an Apple Airport Express

This has been tested with prefinal4 [6-15-05]

1) [Wireless->Basic Settings] Set the channel on the DD-WRT to 1
2a) [Wireless->WDS] Select "LAN" option and enter the airport express's AIRPORT id
2b) Set Lazy WDS and WDS subnet to disable
3) [Administration->Management] Set Loopback to disable
4) [Security->Firewall] Turn off "Block Anonymous Internet Requests"
5) Open Airport admin utility and find the new express, then double click it
6) In the airport tab:
   Select "Create Wireless Network"
   Set Network name to your wireless SSID
   Set the wireless channel to 1
7) WDS tab:
   Enable this base statio
   Set base station as "remote base station"
   In the Main Aiport ID section enter your DD-WRT wireless mac (can get this in status->wireless)
8) Click "update"

if it works then there will be a solid green light (may take a couple of minutes)

source: http://ryanschwartz.net/2004/08/05/airtunes-airport-express-and-the-wrt54g

Also make sure that you disable the "AP Watchdog" daemon. If you have a wireless endpoint (like a laptop) which connects to the Airport station (because you use WDS) then the Linksys does not see any Clients connected and restarts the wireless network over and over.

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 There is no free lunch, however: WDS consumes some wireless bandwidth normally available to wireless clients.
-[DD-WRT v23 Beta 23092005]  WDS confirmed to work great in a two AP wireless network.
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