WDS halves throughput for each WDS device you add, so i hear. I want a point to point link for a backhaul, and only a backhaul. Right now i have this link set up using WDS, and I’m thinking it’s not optimal. For point to point links such as that, dont you set one up as a station, one up as a bridge, and call it good, or do you need to use WDS (i wouldn’t think so)
–Brad
WDS is not a good solution for Point to Point Backhaul. Set one side up as a station and the other side up as a client. No default authenication. Set the MAC address of the other side in the Access list. Once established and aligned properly, experiment with NSTREEM in the polling methoid. You will find better results.
WDS works as a Sample / Hold / Retransmit device. therefore there is and always will be lag in the connection.
It also depends on the hardware used for the P2P.
WDS brings slight overhead but nowhere near halving it. On links were we run routerboard 230’s with Atheros cards on both ends we get about 2 megabit or so loss in speed compared to non-wds.
Two out of ~30 is quite acceptable when taking the advantages into the picture.
Routing is often easier to get right at first but is not always the best solution.
Half of half is what i usually do. Routed ends and bridged core.
Cheers
Hmm…
Try some faster hardware, 1GHz CPUs…
No slow-down there
Regards
Yes, i was just giving a point of reference. 