[c-nsp] IAPP vs WDS (Wireless Roaming)

[Lawrence Wong]

Hi,

How about 802.1x (PEAP/TLS/etc) roaming without WDS?
Will it work or is WDS required?

Thanks,

--- Jim McBurnett <jim at tgasolutions.com> wrote:

> Actually, 802.1x works with WDS as the WDS active AP
> or switch will
> cache the lookup and save the time need to go back
> to the Radius
> server...
> This is actually Cisco's BCP for fast secure
> roaming.
> Look here for a WDS and 802.1x example:
>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps5207/products_feature_
> guide09186a00802114d8.html
> And here:
>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps4570/products_configur
> ation_guide_chapter09186a0080341d2d.html
> 
> 
> Share the same channel? No, I have multiple
> locations running WDS with
> the standard channel spread 1,6,and 11.
> The new WLSE Express is a great little box to manage
> all this also....
> 
> Later,
> Jim 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf
> Of Niels Bakker
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 4:45 AM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] IAPP vs WDS (Wireless Roaming)
> 
> * lawrencewong72 at yahoo.com (Lawrence Wong) [Wed 09
> Nov 2005, 07:36 CET]:
> >I noticed that some wireless vendors support IAPP
> for wireless roaming 
> >between access points while Cisco APs come by
> default with IAPP enabled
> 
> >and on top of that it also supports WDS.
> >
> >Is there any specific advantage of using WDS
> instead/ontop of IAPP?
> 
> If you use WDS you don't need to otherwise connect
> your access points to
> a fixed network.
> 
> 
> >In particular, any advantage/significance if
> clients are using
> non-Cisco 
> >wireless cards and authenticating using
> 802.1x/AES/PEAP via RADIUS?
> 
> I don't think WDS works together with 802.1X.
> 
> Another disadvantage of WDS is that all access
> points in a cloud will 
> share the same channel, and frames will be "on the
> air" twice, thus 
> limiting capacity and throughput.
> 
> 
> 	-- Niels.
> 
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