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First thing you should do is set up all of the basic settings you will need to on the Versa Technology VX-AP400 400mw wireless access point you will be WDS Bridging. This includes things like Country, IP Address and any other things like VLAN. Notice that each device should be set up as its own device on the network. Separate SSID, and IP address are fine.

(Note: if you set up WPA or WEP it will need to be the same on both.)

Next you should go to Basic settings where you will actually be setting up the WDS.

If you have 2 VX-AP400 Versa Technology access points, Access Point A and Access Point B. You need to login to Access Point A and go through and select Access Point mode, followed by selecting WDS Point to Point Bridge under the Bridge Mode option.

Now you need to insert the MAC Address of the VX-AP400 400mw Versa Technology access point B and select which channel you would like them to be on. Channel 1 or Channel 6 usually is the best to go with.

After you do this you will need to repeat the steps above on Access Point B putting the MAC address of access point A in.

Make sure you do not have both of them connected to the network VIA wired connection after you complete this and reboot. This will loop the network.

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When installing wireless networks with wireless router or wireless access point we often need more than just the basic tools provided to correctly deploy 802.11ABGN networks. Depending on what operating system you are here are some great ones.

Inssider – developed by MetaGeek, runs on all versions of windows and provides great feedback. Easy to hook up with any of the Wi-Spy gear that they sell for Site surveys not only on Wireless Access Points but also anything operating in the ABGN range. (Depending on what Wi-Spy device you purchase.)

Netstumbler – The original and an old standby. This has been around since wireless first started to become popular. It will give lots of great information like SNR and Signal Strength reading in decibels. It is great for Windows XP but support for Windows Vista.

Vistumbler – Vistumbler is the Windows Vista version of Netstumbler. Works with live Google earth tracking when hooked up to GPS.

KisMAC- KisMAC is an open source and free stumbler/scanner application for Mac OS X. It has an advantage over MacStumbler/iStumbler/NetStumbler in that it uses monitor mode and passive scanning.

MacStumbler - Utility to gather and display information about nearby 802.11b/g wireless networks and access points for Mac.

Pardon the leet speak but VARs are an essential client base at Versa and being one is both a very lucrative and profitable enterprise. This is not just a pitch it's a reality. Value Added Resellers, or Resellers for short often gain more then just a source for their business with our products but they become full fledge business offering turn key solutions when using our products and marketing them to existing or new clientele. From Ethernet Extenders to Fiber Media Converters, DSL DSLAMs, Wireless Access Points the full range of copper and fiber wireless solutions can be had via Versa Technology, Inc.

Versa's range of Ethernet extenders, IP DSLAMs, Fiber Media Converters, switches, Power Over Ethernet devices and High Powered Wireless Access Points provide a one stop location where just about every imaginable data transport solution can be found.

VARS or Value Added Reseller come into their own during these moments. VARS that specialize in High Speed Internet Service, Telco networks are very and highly specialized. Often times the equipment can either be very easy to use and manage, or also often they can also be complicated to install, operate and maintain as many errors in installation, configuration of these last mile solutions and equipment can lead to very expensive do-overs or more trips by the installers to remedy or fix a solution.

If you are in this field you will come to realize as well, that equipment went it comes to Ethernet extenders, DSLAMs, Fiber Media Converters, E1 or T1 Multiplexers and Wireless Access points and Gateways are from a very niche. What more if you are a HSIA provider and attempting to decide which equipment works best and if you had to demo and evaluate everything in the market this endeavor would be both costly and time consuming. Enter the VARs and here they can assist albeit for equipment that are at a higher cost should you buy direct but that cost easily pays for itself when you discover the savings gained from Not deploying the wrong equipment and then having to uninstall, pull out the gear and if you are lucky you maybe able to return some of it for credit.

Versa Value Added Resellers are qualified both through a process that allows us as manufacturers of network equipment to both ensure, school and test that they indeed can support if not build for a client workable and lasting solution using our equipment. With over 14 years of manufacturing as well as deployment experience we are well schooled on how to support our clients as well as our VARS. The process always begins first to try to keep things as simple as possible and when things get hard and complicated offer solid suggestions and pre-configurations and for a finer touch VARS can enter the picture and offer a full range of services, from configuration set up, firmware updates to installation quotes and advice if needed. With both a combined cost effective solution and a valuable partner, equipment such as wireless gateways, DSLAMs, Ethernet extenders and fiber media converters have become both easy to use and one that you do not need to pay for the Brand for example, Cisco, Motorola, Nomadix and bleed out of your nose needlessly to achieve similar if not results that exceed even what they can offer.

The title is ludicrous and indeed it seems so but when we first heard it from Steve Shockman at Consolidated Smart Systems, we could not help but laugh and agree as shared good laughs over dinner. The economy has plummeted in the last year and the America that was two years ago is now near unrecognizable. Spending all across the board is down and everyone is looking for golden bullet to cut, slash and decapitate costs. Well we just so happen to have one for you if you are looking to grow the network. The VX-1000MD ADSL2+ DSLAMs that can be deployed in hours, no new wiring, and whopping range of up to 5km and speeds of 24Mb down and 3Mb up which is plenty fast for any end user no matter how you look at it.

Enter the era of Post Fiber Advanced Copper Technology championed by ADSL2+ and VDSL2 DSLAMs. The answer so simple yet apparent and constantly overlooked by ISP's and HSIA's looking to squeeze the extra margin from new installs and new client sites. No only is fiber expensive but also comes the construction cost built in, while running new fiber in a new construction is a grand idea, what about the building is 20 years old and projects managers thought we would never advance past telelphones. Even wireless often seems like the answer, well that is until you run into the plethora of problems that come with access points being stolen, unplugged or failing to connect ever frustrated wireless user, add to the known fact that any wireless install is one tech support heavy install that can rack up support call costs to a fault.

One commandment that rings true in just about any property on the face of this planet is that phone lines must exist and are ever present. Utilizing the existing phone lines and copper of a building to distribute and offer internet services is an old answer now echoing strong once more. The property owners will balk at the cost of laying fiber at their transceivers where DSL DSLAM's and DSL Modems can achieve the same at a fraction of the cost yet provide ongoing internet service that is plug and play and needs very little support should user require them. Whether in the US or in any other nation, the constant where phone wiring is available to pipe data and offer quick and easy access to people looking to gain internet service is irrefutable.

Traditional speeds of 100Mb that were dominatly allowed only to Fiber or short range Ethernet is a thing of the past, with Versa Technology's VX-MD3024 VDSL2 DSLAMs you can pipe pure bandwidths of up to 100Mb both up and downstream to users well beyond the 100 meter limitation of Ethernet and up to 2-4000 meters depending on twisted copper phone pair line quality on a voice line and not interrupt its services. Smart clients have learned to triple their gains by offering IPTV as well just by using the bandwidth of these new generations of copper DSLAMs and CPE's like the VX-1000LD 8 port ADSL2+ DSLAMS, VX-1000MD 24 ADSL2+ DSLAMS and the VX-MD3024 VDSL2 DSLAMS. Get a free consultation now from Versa Technology, Inc. on how this can be done. A FTTH deployment has an ROI of nearly 12 to 18 months; a VX-MD3024 DSLAM has an ROI of 3 to 6 months? Cash is king and the faster you can get the longer you will be around.

Pardon the loaner Mr. President, but your speech was too good not to borrow for our title. The days of paying for the brand in this shrinking economy are done. Just because DSLAM, Switches and Routers are branded with some company that overcharges you for those commercials, does not mean data gets to its destination any faster. 100Mbps is 100Mbps no matter what the model number of your switch is.

 Over the course of Versa Technology 15 year history we have met and talked to every possible tech, engineer or field specialist in the business of internet service providing and telecommunications. We have troubleshot all manner of networking headaches, from security issues to bandwidth and connectivity issues. If you work in this field you already know how hard it can be when dialing a tech support number.  When it comes to switches, modems, dslams, wireless access points, repeaters, Ethernet extenders and media converters we know what we are talking about and you won’t have to call India to figure something out. We will be there every step of the way.

 

From the tech who has never seen a 66 block and works straight out of the manual, to the worldliest telecom network engineer that has 30 years under his belt whom remembers the days when he use to throw up phone lines with spit, gum and some duct tape. We have met and talked with them all. Whether deploying DSLAMs, WAPs (Wireless Access Points), or bridging networks with Ethernet extender. Everyone wants to run to the bigger companies out of fear of the unknown not knowing a smaller company will provide you much better tech support. Smaller companies like Versa Technology care a lot more about than some bigger company that thinks it has bigger fish to fry. We treat every customer the same.

 But the Fear of the Gear exists in all of us, young and old. The flawed thinking that choosing a brand and paying the max dollar will safeguard a decision thus ultimately leading to job security is the equivalent of buying one machine gun when you need a thousand rifles. As great as that machine gun might be, can only buy so many and when it fails the lost is felt and in its vacuum you are left with nothing to fill the void or are so cash stripped you wished you had bought those rifles.

 

Great tech support aside, return on investment is what we are all here for and I guarantee if you are providing internet to customers we will figure out a way to provide you a greatest ROI quicker than anyone else. Talking to us and our coming to see us has been a life saver for many clients, embattled with rising costs of equipment and their own clients who in these times want to pay the minimum from IP DSLAMS or CPE modems, be sure to talk to your Versa contact at sales@versatek.com . Because the difference of spending $20,000 for a job that should cost you only $10,000 these days, can and could be the difference of surviving this economy in style or going down in a blaze of overly lavish spending. Be frugal yet cautious and trust in field experts who can find you equipment that works and prove it too. Get Versa and Get Connected today with solutions that work, makes sense and you can expect to save overnight with just a call or an email.