ipkg problem in WDS mode

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I have a WL-500gx with Oleg's 1.9.27-6b firmware. It is set up for WDS through another gateway wireless router.
When trying to install ipkg using ipkg.sh I get network cannot be reached in a telnet session.

Is this because it's in WDS mode? I intend to install the php server package. Will this work in WDS mode?

Thanks much