Re: [STDS-802-11-TGAK] TGak Telecon Minutes Posted
Hi David,
I'll be happy to annotate the minutes to avoid anyone from being
mislead. It was my impression that 802.11 did not specify in detail
how to use WDS between APs.
Thanks,
Donald
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On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 3:34 PM, David Bagby <David.Bagby@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Donald,
> In looking at the minutes, I noticed this entry:
>
> "Comments: There is no such thing as a wireless AP-to-AP link in 802.11."
>
> There was not much context to the minutes entry, so I thought I'd draw
> attention to the fact that there has been support for "wireless AP-to-AP
> links" in .11 for a long time.
>
> Interested parties can look for "wireless distribution system" or "WDS".
> The feature is widely available, for example it's a part of the dd-wrt
> firmware that is popular for many .11 APs. Support in the standard for this
> dates back to the early .11 days - it was part of the design requirements
> for the "from DS" and "to DS" bits.
>
>
> Dave Bagby
>
>
>
>
> On 1/8/2013 12:11 PM, Donald Eastlake wrote:
>
> Minutes of the 7 Jan 2013 TGak teleconference have been posted at
> https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0052-00-00ak-11ak-telecon-minutes-20130107.docx
>
> Thanks,
> Donald
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> Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
> 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA
> d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx
>
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