In order to set up WDS, you must designate one AP or the Wireless LAN Services Module (WLSM) as the WDS. The WDS AP must establish a relationship to an authentication server through authentication with a WDS user name and password. The authentication server can be either an external Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server or the local RADIUS server feature in the WDS AP.

Advertises WDS capability and participates in an election of the best WDS device for your WLAN. When you configure your WLAN for WDS, you set up one device as the main WDS candidate and one or more additional devices as backup WDS candidates. If the main WDS device goes offline, one of the backup WDS devices takes the place of the main device. Authenticates all APs in the subnetwork and establishes a secure communication channel with each of the APs.

Wireless LAN or WLAN is a type of Local Area Network (LAN) that uses high frequency radio waves rather than wires to communicate and transmit data among nodes. It is a flexible data communication system implemented as an extension to, or as an alternative for, a wired LAN within a building or campus. Typical bit-rates for current wireless devices are 11Mbps and 54Mbps. Wireless LANs can be formed simply by equipping PC's with wireless NICs.

The introduction of switch-based WDS and the WLSM facilitates Layer 3 (L3) fast secure roaming (FSR) and provides a highly scalable solution for L3 mobility in the campus. Switch-based WDS centralizes the functionality of WDS in the WLSM blade in a central switch and provides these benefits: Increased WDS scalability—The scalability increases to 300 APs and 6000 users across a campus wireless LAN (WLAN) network. Simplified design and implementation—No VLANs span the campus network.

A wireless LAN, SeneNET, is a network that allows access to the Seneca College network and Internet without the need of any wired connections. Wireless network information is transmitted over radio frequencies to connect laptops or PDAs to an Ethernet LAN. SeneNET wireless network is based on the IEEE 802.11b standard.

No, both Bluetooth and WLAN can co-exist. Since Bluetooth devices use Frequency Hopping and most WLANs use Direct Sequence Spreading techniques they each appear as background noise to the other and should not cause any perceivable performance issues.

Answer: Yes. AirPort Express can be a WDS main, remote, or relay station. It can function as a WDS main whether or not you are using it as a router to share your Internet connection (NAT). Answer: Yes, if you have the proper network adapters for your devices and have set them up properly. They can connect wirelessly when AirPort Express is your only base station or when it's in WDS mode.

Wireless networks are no greater health hazard than mobile phones. Wireless networks cover much shorter distances than mobile phones and so operate at much lower power levels.

Yes. Our technician can turn on the wireless feature in your Qwest modem and configure your wireless devices, such as your wireless card in your computer. One additional computer can be configured, parts not included, at no additional cost. Each additional system can be configured at a special discounted rate. Please contact us for more information.

There are two parts to setting up the network. One, you need to set up the notebooks to communicate with the access point and two, you must set up the access point to communicate with the existing network. The installation of drivers and enabling wireless capability is performed at the factory. Customer must set up access point on-site.

The WDS and the infrastructure APs communicate over a multicast protocol called the Wireless LAN Context Control Protocol (WLCCP). These multicast messages cannot be routed. Therefore, a WDS and the associated infrastructure APs must be in the same IP subnetwork and on the same LAN segment. Between the WDS and the Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE), WLCCP uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) on port 2887.

You can run SWAN WDS on Cisco Aironet APs, Cisco Catalyst switches, or Cisco routers. Here is the list of platforms that currently support SWAN WDS: Cisco 3800, 3700 series Integrates Services Routers (ISR) and some models of 2800 and 2600 series ISR that run Cisco IOS version 12.3(11)T or later.

Wireless LANs generally do not provide the reliability or the bandwidth required to support high quality video streams such as those provided by the Kaleidescape Server. The burst data rate for a DVD data stream can reach 11 megabits per second, which exceeds the practical capacity of 802.11a and 802.11b, and even some configurations of 802.11g. (However, we have received reports from customers that are successfully using 802.11g to connect a Kaleidescape Player to the Server.