But to my surprise, it did not work
The moment the second AP connects to the first AP and the wds is established, users will no longer be able to access the servers through the wireless network but only the DHCP server responds on cable network.
According to the above name material,
Step 1: Set Wireless band, frequency, mode and SSID on both AP’s to same values
Step 2: Add bridge, set the protocol mode to rstp and add ether1 as a port on the bridge on both AP’s
Step 3: Set the WDS mode = dynamic, WDS bridge = [the rstp bridge] on both AP’s
Step 4: Assign diffrent IP address in the same subnet to the bridge on both AP’s
Please, I need to be corrected.
This setup did not work for me.
Thankx in Adv.
Do not use Dynamic WDS. It thinks everyone connecting to it is an Access point and wants WDS, thus, it will not work. If you are just connecting two access points, just use static WDS.
so you’ll have two AP’s, in ap-bridge mode, using static wds. Both need same freq. same SSID, and same security settings.
Add Ap2’s Mac address to Ap1’s interface table as a WDS with wlan1 as the master interface
Add Ap1’s Mac address to Ap2’s interface table as a WDS with wlan1 as the master interface
Make sure both access point’s wlan1 and eth1 (well, whatever ethernet ports you are using) are on the same bridge interface.
Add an IP address to the bridge interface.