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Is traffic on a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) bridge more secure than other wireless data?

April 26, 2017bridge Data distribution Secure system Traffic WDS Wireless

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Is traffic on a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) bridge more secure than other wireless data?

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No. Although data in a WDS connection can be WEP encrypted, WDS requires the MAC addresses in each packet’s header to be unencrypted. Also, the current version of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) does not handle WDS.