topic WDS AP Limitation in Wireless

WDS AP Limitation

c-wilkins — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 16:35:21 GMT

I read that a subnet can only have one WDS AP per subnet, but that it can only support roughly 30 AP's. We will eventually have about 150 AP's running on the same subnet. Is there a way to get around this limitation without having to further subnet our wireless network? Thanks.

Re: WDS AP Limitation

egermany — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:19:39 GMT

With a dedicated WDS (no client associations) the suggested max is 60. This will scale higher in future releases. You are correct that you can have only one active WDS at the time.

Note that the limit is not hard coded - you might be able to sueak in a few more than 60.

With 150 APs you will need to subnet but you might get by with 2 subnets.

L3 roaming is going o get a boost soon so that won't be much of an obstacle, at least from a roaming perspective.

Re: WDS AP Limitation

jason.aarons — Wed, 05 May 2004 18:22:10 GMT

Can you elaborate on the L3 roaming getting a boost soon?

Re: WDS AP Limitation

egermany — Thu, 06 May 2004 00:35:15 GMT

WLSM for 6500. Take a look at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_data_sheet09186a00802252b7.html

Re: WDS AP Limitation

nathana — Mon, 10 May 2004 21:13:31 GMT

That page doesn't mention the 350's being interoperable, only the 1100/1200.

Any idea what to do in that case?