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WDS Bridging on TP Link Archer AX73??
WDS Bridging on TP Link Archer AX73??
2021-08-11 05:19:42

Hello,

 

is compatible with Wireless Distribution System (WDS) on AX5400 Archer AX73??

 

I have support on the second router, but I don't know if WDS support is on the router.

 

WDS must be supported and configured on both routers or only on the other router?

 

Thank you very much for your answer.

 

 

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Re:WDS Bridging on TP Link Archer AX73??
2021-08-11 08:44:17

@Brejkax 

 

WDS should be configured only on the extended router. You main router don't have to be re-configured - here's the guide.

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Re:WDS Bridging on TP Link Archer AX73??
2022-02-02 22:34:48 - last edited 2022-02-02 22:35:51

Hello @Brejkax,

 

With the last firmware upgrade, I can't find the Advanced > System Tools > System Parameters menu described in the guide.
I didn't find any WDS options with the router or access point operation mode.

In the documentation of the Archer AX73(EU)_V1_211125, there is this note: You will be unable to downgrade to the previous firmware version after updating this firmware.


Does anyone have a solution to enable the WDS option on the AX73 please?

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Re:WDS Bridging on TP Link Archer AX73??
2022-02-03 02:11:20

@DiegoDev 

 

The guide in question is not for AX73, it's for router models that support WDS - it was posted just as an example.

AX73 doesn't support WDS - you can find its user guide here.

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Re:WDS Bridging on TP Link Archer AX73??
2022-02-03 13:48:41

My AX73 worked fine with the Mercusys MR50G. The main router is AX73, in WDS mode - MR50G.

But with the TL-WR2543ND router, my AX73 refused to work.

Only after installing DD-WRT on TL-WR2543ND, I was able to connect it as a WDS to AX73.

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Re:WDS Bridging on TP Link Archer AX73??
2022-02-03 15:01:23

@STN 

 

That's most probably because the WDS has not been standardized. Here's a warning about this:

 

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In order to build a successful WDS connection between different devices, it requires that both devices use the same wireless MAC address format.For example,Site A uses 4-address MAC Address format in passive WDS bridge mode,Site B also uses 4-address MAC Address format in active WDS bridge mode.
WDS may be incompatible between different products (even occasionally from the same vendor) since the IEEE 802.11-1999 standard does not define how to construct any such implementations or how stations interact to arrange for exchanging frames of this format.-----From Wikipedia

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