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

[Lawrence Wong]

Hi,

Yeap, the WDS I'm referring to is Wireless Domain
Services. In particular, I'm wondering if for
"starters, i.e. 2-3 wireless points", 802.1x roaming
will work without the use of WDS.

Thanks,

--- Asbjorn Hojmark - Lists <Lists at Hojmark.ORG> wrote:

> >> 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.
> 
> You're talking about to different "WDS": The "WDS"
> mentioned in
> Lawrence's mail is Wireless Domain Services, while
> your "WDS" is
> Wireless Distribution System, which is a totally
> different beast.
> 
> WDS(Lawrence) has nothing to do with wireless
> distribution.
> 
> > I don't think WDS works together with 802.1X.
> 
> WDS(Lawrence) works fine 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.
> 
> WDS(Lawrence) works fine with multipe channels.
> 
> -A
> 
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