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Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points
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Chapter 12 Configuring WDS, Fast Secure Roaming, Radio Management, and Wireless Intrusion Detection Services
Configuring WDS
The access points that you configure to interact with the WDS automatically perform these steps:
• Discover and track the current WDS device and relay WDS advertisements to the wireless LAN.
• Authenticate with the WDS device and establish a secure communication channel to the WDS
device.
• Register associated client devices with the WDS device.
CLI Configuration Example
This example shows the CLI commands that are equivalent to the steps listed in the “Configuring Access
Points to use the WDS Device” section on page 12-14:
AP# configure terminal
AP(config)# wlccp ap username APWestWing password 7 wes7win8
AP(config)# end
In this example, the access point is enabled to interact with the WDS device, and it authenticates to your
authentication server using APWestWing as its username and wes7win8 as its password. You must
configure the same username and password pair when you set up the access point as a client on your
authentication server.
For complete descriptions of the commands used in this example, consult the Cisco IOS Command
Reference for Cisco Aironet Access Points and Bridges.
Configuring the Authentication Server to Support WDS
The WDS device and all access points participating in WDS must authenticate to your authentication
server. On your server, you must configure usernames and passwords for the access points and a
username and password for the WDS device.
If your server runs Cisco ACS, follow these steps to configure the access points on your server:
Step 1 Log into Cisco Secure ACS and click Network Configuration to browse to the Network Configuration
page. You must use the Network Configuration page to create an entry for the WDS device. Figure 12-9
shows the Network Configuration page.