Star WDS configuration

In a star configuration WDS links are established between one AP and several others, as illustrated by the picture below. The central AP could be part of a wired infrastructure network, while the “satellite” APs are positioned to cover an area which is larger than can be covered by a single cell.

In this set-up the root AP needs three WDS ports enabled for 3 different links while the three satellites each have one WDS port enabled. It is not required that the port-index number assigned to a given WDS link is the same as the port-index number on the other side of the WDS link. In other words at the root AP, the MAC addresses for the three satellites are assigned to ports 3, 4 and 5, while in the satellite APs the MAC address of the root-AP can be entered in any port position that is available.