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Wds only mode – LevelOne WAP-6101 User Manual

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Shared

Shared key authentication relies on the fact that both stations taking part in the

authentication process have the same "shared" key or passphrase. The

shared key is manually set on both the client station and the AP. Three types

of shared key authentication are available today for home or small office

WLAN environments.

Auto

The gateway will select appropriate authentication method (Open or Shared)
according to the WiFi client’s request automatically.

WPA-PSK

Select Encryption mode and enter the Pre-share Key. You can fill in 64
hexadecimal (0, 1, 2…8, 9, A, B…F) digits, or 8 to 63 ASCII characters as the

pre-share key.

WPA2-PSK

Select Encryption mode and enter the Pre-share Key. You can fill in 64
hexadecimal (0, 1, 2…8, 9, A, B…F) digits, or 8 to 63 ASCII characters as the

pre-share key.

12. Remote AP MAC 1 ~ Remote AP MAC 4: If you do not enable the Lazy mode,

you have to enter the wireless MAC address for each WDS peer one by one.

Afterwards,

click on “Save” to store your settings or click “Undo” to give up the

changes.

3.1.2.1.3 WDS Only Mode

WDS (Wireless Distributed System) function let APs acts as a wireless LAN bridge.

All stations associated with WDS APs could see each other and roam through APs

without changing WiFi configurations. You can use this feature to build up a large
wireless network in a large space like airports, hotels and schools …etc.