View Full Version : Switching from AP & Station to AP WDS & Station WDS
zrob_12
05-10-2009, 07:33 PM
Currently I have all of my clients and backhauls setup in regular AP-Station mode. I have read that using WDS results in better performance and throughput so I would like to switch all of my units to this. I have read through the wiki pages and think I understand how to make this switch, but if someone could confirm the best approach to doing this (least amount of downtime) that would be great.
On a side note, are there any disadvantages to using WDS? Can anyone confirm that switching to WDS results in better performance and throughput?
Mike Ford might be able to give you the real numbers why WDS is better.
skyhook
05-11-2009, 01:25 AM
Currently I have all of my clients and backhauls setup in regular AP-Station mode. I have read that using WDS results in better performance and throughput so I would like to switch all of my units to this. I have read through the wiki pages and think I understand how to make this switch, but if someone could confirm the best approach to doing this (least amount of downtime) that would be great.
On a side note, are there any disadvantages to using WDS? Can anyone confirm that switching to WDS results in better performance and throughput?
I think that WDS mode make less CPU load (IMHO), but I think that the perfomances in WDS mode are more better rather no-WDS mode...
Now, what's your throughput ?
zrob_12
05-16-2009, 05:21 AM
Switched to WDS for a few days now and no noticable difference. Throughput and ping times remain the same.
Mike Ford - can you provide the real numbers why WDS is better?
Hello
I'm not expert Ubiquiti but just cannot see any reason why WDS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System
should be faster than AP - Client mode
Mike Ford said the AirOS version of WDS has improved performance over standard AP to Station links. Since WDS is not a standard of any sort, each vendor can implement its own tweaks, that will most likely be incompatible with other vendors' products.
segadSPC
06-26-2009, 09:19 AM
Maybe the real question is weather you really need to link multiple APs together or you wish to get a little more juice from your link, i think its more of a wireless expantion option so you can use more APs with more conections but doing so may get you a slower conection because the data flow will be split in half for each other conection... it would be wiser to use a wired regular AP trough a wired switch or hub, then you would get all of the output you can get on each other client. i hope this gives you an idea of what you were asking.
