WDS Profile

Procedure

• Create a WDS profile.
  1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > WDS > WDS Profile. The WDS Profile List page is displayed.
  2. Click Create. The Create WDS Profile page is displayed.
  3. Enter the name of the new WDS profile in Profile name.

     To copy all parameters from another profile to the new profile, select the name of the profile in Copy parameters from other profiles. If None is selected, parameters are not copied from another profile.

  4. Click OK. The parameter setting page of the new WDS profile is displayed.
  5. Set parameters for creating a WDS profile. Table 1 describes the parameters for creating a WDS profile.

     Table 1 Parameters for creating a WDS profile

     Parameter	Description
     WDS Profile	Name of the WDS profile, which cannot be modified.
     WDS network bridge name	WDS name, specified using a character string.
     WDS working mode	WDS working mode, which can be the root mode, middle mode, or leaf mode. NOTE: After changing the WDS working mode in a WDS profile, reset the APs using the profile to make the changed WDS mode take effect.
     DHCP trusted interface	Whether to enable the DHCP trusted interface function. After the DHCP trusted interface function is enabled in a WDS profile, the AP receives the DHCP OFFER, ACK, and NAK packets sent by authorized DHCP servers and forwards the packets to STAs so that the STAs can obtain valid IP addresses and go online.
     Tagged VLAN	Tagged VLAN. To add a tagged VLAN, enter the tagged VLAN and click . A maximum of 256 VLANs can be added to a WDS profile. To delete a tagged VLAN, enter the tagged VLAN and click . After one or a group of VLANs is added to a WDS profile in tagged mode, the WDS link forwards only the packets with these VLAN IDs from STAs and peer APs.

  6. Click Apply. In the Info dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
• Modify a WDS profile.
  1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > WDS > WDS Profile. The WDS Profile List page is displayed.
  2. Click the name of the WDS profile that you want to modify. The WDS profile configuration page is displayed.
  3. Modify parameters in the WDS profile. Table 1 describes the parameters for modifying a WDS profile.
  4. Click Apply. In the Info dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
• Delete a WDS profile.
  1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > WDS > WDS Profile. The WDS Profile List page is displayed.
  2. Select the profile that you want to delete and click Delete. In the Confirm dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
• Display the profile reference relationship.
  1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > WDS > WDS Profile. The WDS Profile List page is displayed.
  2. Select the profile of which you want to display the reference relationship and click Display Reference Relationship. The system displays the types and names of the objects that reference the profile.
     NOTE:

     Click Hide Reference Relationship. The system hides the displayed results.

• Configure the profiles that are referenced by the WDS profile.

  A WDS profile can reference the security profile and WDS whitelist profile.

  1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > WDS > WDS Profile. The WDS Profile List page is displayed. Click next to WDS Profile. The WDS profile name is displayed. Click next to the specified WDS profile to view the profiles that are referenced by the WDS profile.
  2. Click any profile referenced by the WDS profile. The configuration page of the referenced profile is displayed on the right. You can select another profile from the drop-down list and set the profile parameters. For descriptions of the profile parameters, see its configuration page.
  3. Click Apply. In the Info dialog box that is displayed, click OK.