What is the role of the WDS device in the wireless LAN (WLAN) network?
A. The WDS device performs these tasks on your WLAN: • Advertises WDS capability and participates in an election of the best WDS device for your WLAN. When you configure your WLAN for WDS, you set up one device as the main WDS candidate and one or more additional devices as backup WDS candidates. If the main WDS device goes offline, one of the backup WDS devices takes the place of the main device. • Authenticates all APs in the subnetwork and establishes a secure communication channel with each of the APs. • Collects radio data from APs in the subnetwork, aggregates the data, and forwards the data to the Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) device on your network. • Registers all client devices in the subnetwork, establishes session keys for the client devices, and caches the client security credentials. When a client roams to another AP, the WDS device forwards the client security credentials to the new AP.
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