WDS definitely does not halve the bandwidth of the clients. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Vince West <vi...@shelbybb.com> wrote:
> Doing the separate links would be the best option. You have a little more > control over the quality of each link as opposed to one link possibly > bringing down the whole AP. > > I am not really sure WDS is going to help you much. WDS mostly provides L2 > access, if you CPE is a bridged CPE. I am not sure you will see much > benefit from WDS. I thought, and I could be wrong, that WDSing all the > clients on one AP halves the bandwidth of the clients. I could be wrong. > > Vince West > Tower Hand > Technical Support > Shelby Broadband > 148 Citizens Blvd > Simpsonville, KY 40067 > Phone: 1-888-364-4232 > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Jerry Richardson <je...@richardson.bz> > wrote: > >> What is the distance and angle from the stations to the AP? Also, the >> pattern on the antenna is pretty wide, LOS is pretty important. If they are >> too low on the roofline they will not perform well >> >> Yes WDS makes a difference but not that much. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett >> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 7:21 AM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: [AFMUG] UBNT Station to Station performance >> >> I'm looking at a site where somebody has installed three UBNT M5 stations >> pointing at a UBNT M5 AP. Performance station to station is important for >> this customer, and it kind of sucks. >> >> I'm suggesting that we replace the whole thing with three separate point >> to point links, but in the short term will I get better performance from >> site to site if I change the stations into WDS APs? My feeling is >> "probably", but I wonder if someone who's already done this can tell me. >> >> >
