Airport Extreme WDS capabilities.

[onurruno]

Hey, I am the new one and here is my first question.


I want to replace my router with an Apple Airport Extreme. My question is that Airport Extreme can do the same thing that my current router does, which you can see in the attached file. Router is the one located in LIVING ROOM and circled with red. Router and Cable modem communicates wirelessly with WDS (Wireless Distribution Service). It means collects wireless signals wirelessly from cable modem and distributes these signals both wirelessly and wired. Sometimes it works great but sometimes makes me crazy. Distance between cable modem and router is 40 meters but some rooms and walls decrease the signal quality.

1) Is Apple Airport Extreme has same capabilities with my old router? in terms of WDS between third party modem and AE base station.
2) It might help to increase the signal quality or not?


Please check the image uploaded to get a better idea.

http://img850.imageshack.us/i/schemek.jpg/

Thanks for replies.

 

[MacForScience]

Yes the airport extreme will do WDS.

Cheers

 

[onurruno]

Thanks for the reply,

You meant the WDS with third party cable modem without having any othe components, right?

Thank you very much...

cheers..

 

[Nermal]

I'm not familiar with WDS but the options are:

Participate in a WDS network
Asks for network name, radio mode, channel and security

Extend a wireless network
Asks for network name and security

I know that this post is light on details but hopefully that helps a little

 

[itickings]

You meant the WDS with third party cable modem without having any othe components, right?

It wouldn't hurt if you posted what brand and model of router and cable modem you currently are using.

As a general hint, you will most of the times get much better signal coverage if the wireless base stations are located as high as possible since the signal then usually have to pass through less furniture and stuff.

 

[onurruno]

You might not heard about my modem and router. Brand of router and cable modem is Netmaster.

Here are the specifications of router

EEE 802.11n
Transmission: 300 Mbps
Receive: 300 Mpbs
4 Port Ethernet
2 x 3 dBi gain antenna
802.11b /g /n Draft 1.0 compatible
2T (300 Mbps) / 2R (300 Mbps)
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
MESH
WDS (Wireless Distribution Service)
WPS (Wireless Protection Setup)
64/128 bit WEP
WPA/WPA2
802.1x identity proof
MAC addresss verification and SSID disabling
MAC address filtering
VPN access (PPTP, IPSec ve L2TP)
Bridge/Multiple Bridge support
QoS support
SSID signal disabling

specifications of cable modem

IEEE 802.11 b/g
4 Ethernet Port
1 USB Port
2 x RJ-11 (FXS) Port
WDS (Wireless Distribution Service)
WPS (Wireless Protection Setup)
WEP / WPA / WPA2
MAC address filtering
Downstream frequency setup
MSO SNMPv3
Multiple SSID support
QoS (Quality of Service) support
Web based management
VPN access
IEEE 802.11g
Packet Cable 1.5
PacketCable MCGP (Media Gateway Control Protocol)
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
VOIP
VAD /CNG
Echo proof
Parental control

These two communicates wirelessly and router distributes those signals both wired and wirelessly. I also have an airport express wired connection with router works great.

All i want to do is to replace the router with Airport Extreme, still using the same 3rd party cable modem.

Thank you all.

 

[itickings]

It should work. In theory at least. I always feel like it is a bit of a gamble whenever running WDS with devices from different manufacturers comes to mind.

Whether or not signal quality will improve with another router is virtually impossible to say.