CoovaAP WDS
WDS stands for Wireless Distribution System. Basically, it allows for multiple access points to share (or bridge) a single wireless network. With CoovaAP, you can use WDS to extend the range of your HotSpot network. Only the router with the Internet connection should be running chilli, the hotspot access controller. All other APs should be setup as WDS repeaters; with no hotspot enabled, no WAN, no DHCP. In this example, AP1 has the Internet connection and gets assigned an IP address using DHCP. The AP2 router is purely for WDS extending of the wireless network.
Diagram

Configurations
AP1
System
System Settings
Host Name: AP1
boot_wait: Enabled
Network
LAN
IP Address: 10.0.0.1
Netmask: 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway:
DHCP
LAN DHCP Services: Enabled
WAN
Connection Type: DHCP
Wireless
Wireless Interface: Enabled
ESSID Broadcast: Show
ESSID: Coova
Channel: 5
Mode: Access Point
(your settings may be different from this, but must be the
same between the routers in the WDS network)
Advanced Wireless
* add the MAC address of the wireless interface of AP2 to the
WDS Connections list (the wireless MAC address can be found in
Status / Wireless after the label Access Point)
Automatic WDS: Disabled
Filter Mode: Disabled
HotSpot
HotSpot Configurations
HotSpot Type: ChilliSpot UAM
HotSpot Mode: LAN & Wireless
(here your configurations may vary, HotSpot Type of Facebook or Internal, for instance)
DHCP
Dynamic IP Pool Network: 10.0.1.0
Dynamic IP Pool Netmask: 255.255.255.0
(all other settings are their defaults or blank)
AP2
System
System Settings
Host Name: AP2
boot_wait: Enabled
Network
LAN
IP Address: 10.0.0.2
Netmask: 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway: 10.0.0.1
DHCP
LAN DHCP Services: Disabled
WAN
Connection Type: None
Wireless
Wireless Interface: Enabled
ESSID Broadcast: Show
ESSID: Coova
Channel: 5
Mode: Access Point
(your settings may be different from this, but must be the
same between the routers in the WDS network)
Advanced Wireless
* add the MAC address of the wireless interface of AP1 to the
WDS Connections list (the wireless MAC address can be found in
Status / Wireless after the label Access Point)
Automatic WDS: Disabled
Filter Mode: Disabled
HotSpot
HotSpot Configurations
HotSpot Type: Disabled
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