4 address mode (WDS)

Access Points
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1

Hello Alta group, I would like to enable the WDS feature on my network. I wanted to know if this feature already exists, and if so, how to enable it on my router or access point?

2

Unfortunately we do not plan to support WDS mode officially - our automatic mesh should provide wireless backhaul services for any standard scenario. You are free to use ssh and enable/disable wds on specific interfaces, though.

3

Thank you for your quick response. However, how can I enable and disable it via SSH? Please provide the procedure.

4

https://help.alta.inc/hc/en-us/articles/26753020799131-How-To-Use-SSH-Keys-For-Management

Once you can ssh in, you can use iw dev to see what interfaces you have, then cfg80211tool $IFACE wds 0 to disable, etc.

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5

If you don’t mind, I’ll try tomorrow.

6

Can you guide me through this? Is there documentation for the commands? I was able to connect to my AP6-pro access point via SSH. I have two interfaces. I’m requesting assistance.

7

I’m afraid this isn’t something we document - it’s an unsupported feature but I can give you some tips.

root@Printer:~# iw dev
phy#1
	Interface 55w7hfUl8q
		ifindex 12
		wdev 0x100000002
		addr b6:32:70:29:7d:5f
		ssid My-SSID
		type AP
		channel 120 (5600 MHz), width: 80 MHz, center1: 5610 MHz
		txpower 24.00 dBm

This is an example iw dev output. The interface name in this case is 55w7hfUl8q. So you can use the command cfg80211tool 55w7hfUl8q wds 1 to enable WDS support on that interface. To make this persist, you can add it to your /cfg/post-cfg.sh script.

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8

Thank you for your response.