what does dps stand for? do i need it?? how does it work? what do it do?
here are the links:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1148435315453&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=1545339789B10
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124136&Tpk=WRT54Gs
any help is appreciated.
2007-09-01 06:58:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
sorry, i meant what does WDS stand for***
2007-09-01 06:59:27 · update #1
WDS stands for Wireless Distribution System. It allows multiple routers to connect wirelessly to each other thus extending the network. WDS is not strictly standardized thus if you have linksys, you may find you can only use WDS to other linksys routers, access points etc. It does work well when setup properly. (There will be a slight speed loss to computers connected to the "second" or "third" routers.)
To use it you have to put the MAC (hardware address) of each router that you want connected into the opposite routers WDS settings. Once they are entered the two routers become like one -- repeating the wireless connection in different locations. Really just makes a wireless "bridge" between different routers and access points.
Here is a great "information" article
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/08/28/wireless_bridging.html
And here is Cisco's information -- detail
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/mar_3200/mar_wbrg/o13wds.htm
This router can be made WDS compatible with the addition of dd-wrt software from http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php
In fact with that software/firmware that router will do alot of things that the load from Linksys will not!
2007-09-01 10:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wds Stands For
2016-12-15 04:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋