WDS help please

OSIRIS · 06-19-2008, 10:58 PM

Anyone used WDS with two Airport Extremes? I don't need the extra coverage of another base station...I just need to have a LAN port in another part of my house without running a cable. So, I want to connect the base stations over WDS and then just use the LAN port on the remote one. Is this even possible or am I wasting my time?

Geek · 06-24-2008, 05:32 PM

What is WDS? Is that the same thing as using it as a repeater?

OSIRIS · 06-26-2008, 11:21 PM

Linking two airports together wirelessly. Basically, I just need somewhere to plug in my Xbox so I don't have to buy the wireless adapter. I wasn't sure that if the airports are talking wirelessly that the wired port on the remote airport would actually work.

sheepofblue · 06-27-2008, 08:44 AM

Should no problem

OSIRIS · 06-27-2008, 11:07 PM

Hmm...ended up resetting the remote Airport and let it re-setup WDS and it worked

So, in case anyone is wondering...you CAN use the local LAN port on a remote base station using WDS

06-19-2008, 10:58 PM	#1
OSIRIS Member Join Date: 01-03-2007 Location: Virginia Age: 32 Posts: 96	WDS help please Anyone used WDS with two Airport Extremes? I don't need the extra coverage of another base station...I just need to have a LAN port in another part of my house without running a cable. So, I want to connect the base stations over WDS and then just use the LAN port on the remote one. Is this even possible or am I wasting my time? __________________ http://www.motorcycleaddicts.org The iPhone....it holds 2 BILLION songs...150 kabillion contacts...on/off button!

06-24-2008, 05:32 PM	#2
Geek 's make the world go 'round. Join Date: 01-02-2007 Location: SC Posts: 1,086	Re: WDS help please What is WDS? Is that the same thing as using it as a repeater? __________________ "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people" Motorcycle fanatic?

06-26-2008, 11:21 PM	#3
OSIRIS Member Join Date: 01-03-2007 Location: Virginia Age: 32 Posts: 96	Re: WDS help please Linking two airports together wirelessly. Basically, I just need somewhere to plug in my Xbox so I don't have to buy the wireless adapter. I wasn't sure that if the airports are talking wirelessly that the wired port on the remote airport would actually work. __________________ http://www.motorcycleaddicts.org The iPhone....it holds 2 BILLION songs...150 kabillion contacts...on/off button!

06-27-2008, 08:44 AM	#4
sheepofblue Not a screen of death Join Date: 01-03-2007 Location: Huntsville Age: 48 Posts: 716	Re: WDS help please Should no problem __________________ A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way

06-27-2008, 11:07 PM	#5
OSIRIS Member Join Date: 01-03-2007 Location: Virginia Age: 32 Posts: 96	Re: WDS help please Hmm...ended up resetting the remote Airport and let it re-setup WDS and it worked So, in case anyone is wondering...you CAN use the local LAN port on a remote base station using WDS __________________ http://www.motorcycleaddicts.org The iPhone....it holds 2 BILLION songs...150 kabillion contacts...on/off button!