Does WDS mode means WDS repeating?

RouterOS General
1

Is the “bad” WDS repeating mode (sending every station everything, thus -50% speed with every connected station) active when setting wireless mode to WDS?

Or is it the same “transparent Layer 2 mode” like in Ubiquiti AirOS?

2

You can bridge the wds ports or you can route on them. If routed it transfers only desired traffic.

3

Sorry but this does not answer my question, because these things are done in wireless driver imho.
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4

Yes, WDS means “WDS repeating” if mode=“wds slave” is used. Then you get 50% reduction in throughput per hop.

But if mode=“station wds” is used, it allows you to add the WDS interface to a bridge if you so desire. It is a hack used in the early days of WIFI to add a wifi interface to a bridge. But with the new mode=“station bridge”, it is no longer desirable.