How to setup TWO pepwave AP Rugged One units in point to point bridge mode?

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Anyone got any recommendations for simple (and easy to setup) bridge solutions?

The idea is to act like a single hardline ethernet cable - i.e. two hardline connections either side - going into the AP Rugged One units (and the wireless bridge to connect them)

In other words I have DEVICE A (with no internal wifi but with an ethernet card) that I seek to connect to DEVICE B(Also with no internal Wifi but with an ethernet card)

So what I am hoping to do is

DEVICE A ----------> Pepwave AP Rugged One (with CAT 5 cable)
Pepwave AP Rugged One ---------> Pepwave AP Rugged One (wireless) and then finally
Pepwave AP Rugged One --------> DEVICE B (with CAT 5 cable)

Happy to use something other than an AP Rugged ONE in between - just wanted something with external antenna’s for maximum range…

Thanks

Nick

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You can use WDS feature to bridge the APs:

AP → WDS

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Add new WDS connection (Make sure created for both APs)

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oh duh. Thanks for that. (just googled WDS - I’d never tried using it before but now I see this is EXACTLY what it is for.

btw - if I set up a WDS bridge in this way - do I still retain the ability for other clients to attach themselves to the Wireless access point?

In other words

  1. on a single Pepwave AP rugged one - there are two LAN ports and of course the usual wireless access possibilities.

  2. if I WDS them both to each other - (let’s call them Pepwave A and Pepwave B) - then any device plugged into the LAN ports of Pepwave A will be “transparently” connected to a device plugged into the LAN port of Pepwave B (as if they are on the same hub)

So far so good.

  1. But can connect a device Wirelessly to Pepwave A? Or do I lose that possibility when I create a WDS link?
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AP One Rugged can act as AP after WDS was enabled.

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well that simplifies it. I need another AP One rugged clearly :wink: