(Optional) Configuring a WDS Whitelist

Context

A WDS whitelist profile contains MAC addresses of neighboring APs allowed to set up WDS links with an AP. After a WDS whitelist profile is applied to an AP radio, only APs with MAC addresses in the whitelist can access the AP, and other APs are denied. In the WDS, only APs with radios working in root mode and middle mode can have a whitelist configured. APs in leaf mode require no whitelist.

WDS links can be set up only when neighboring APs with MAC addresses in the whitelist succeed in authentication.
If the AP uses no whitelist, all the neighboring APs can connect to the bridge.

Procedure

Run system-view
The system view is displayed.
Run wlan
The WLAN view is displayed.
Run wds-whitelist-profile name whitelist-name
A WDS whitelist profile is created, and the WDS whitelist profile view is displayed.

By default, no WDS whitelist profile is available in the system.
Run peer-ap mac mac-address
MAC addresses of neighboring APs that are allowed to connect to an AP are added to the WDS whitelist profile.

By default, no MAC address of a neighboring AP is added to a WDS whitelist profile.
Run quit
Return to the WLAN view.
Enter the radio view.
- Enter the AP group radio view.
  1. Run the ap-group name group-name command to enter the AP group view.
  2. Run the radio radio-id command to enter the radio view.
- Enter the AP radio view.
  1. Run the ap-id ap-id, ap-mac ap-mac, or ap-name ap-name command to enter the AP view.
  2. Run the radio radio-id command to enter the radio view.
Run wds-whitelist-profile whitelist-name
The Mesh whitelist profile is bound to the AP radio.

By default, no WDS whitelist profile is bound to an AP radio.