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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