Chain WDS configuration

Where the Star configuration can cover a more rectangular or square area, a Chain configuration allows coverage of a longer shape (for instance a long corridor). The AP’s are chained together, where the first AP for example could have a connection to the existing infrastructure (with all the network resources).

In this setup the AP’s at either end of the chain will need one WDS port enabled while the AP’s in the middle of the chain will require two WDS ports to be configured to point upward and downward in the chain. In a local setup a chain of 6 AP’s has been created (which does not mean that 6 is the upper limit, but it indicates what possibilities exist).