WDS Bridging 速率不會減半, WDS Repeating 才會, 後者架構是:
AP1 <-> AP2 <-> Station
只有AP1 到Station 這段, 同樣訊號經由同一頻道重複(Repeating)兩次, 所以速率減半, 但是AP2 若連接交換器的話, 則AP2 之後的有線網路部份速率不會減半, 這部份就是WDS Bridging
SmallNetBuilder - Small Network Help - How To: Setting up WDS Bridging / Repeating- Wireless Bridging in which WDS APs communicate only with each other and don't allow wireless clients or Stations (STA) to access them
- Wireless Repeating in which APs communicate with each other and with wireless STAs
- Wireless throughput is cut approximately in half for each WDS repeating "hop", i.e. an AP that data flows through before hitting the wired network. This is because all transmissions use the same channel and radio and must be retransmitted to reach the wired LAN.