I recently switched from WEP128 to WPA/AES and was wondering if my second WL500G would be able to connect to my main WL500....
I will do this how to in quick steps....... If you run into troubles just ask in the thread. As always, all you'll do is at your own risk. Do not blame me for anything happening to you or your belongings ! I assume you have a main WL500 already set up with WPA/AES.
I do not know if this is real WDS but,it is doing what i want it to do : connecting to wired PCs in a room to the main WL500 which is in an other room.
Here we go....
Grab your second WL500g and load it up with oleg's latest firmware and then restore it to defaults settings. Cable connect it direcly to your computer. Additionnally i would recommend to turn of all other networks connection on the PC you are using (i.e.: Switch of wifi, additional LAN controlers...)
First go to "System Setup" -> "Operation Mode" and check "Acces point" and click Apply. Do not change anything to the wireless settings. Just click finish, but do not click "save & restart" on the next screen.
Go to Lan -> "IP config" and set IP to manual and configure an IP according to your network's configuration. Do not leave the default 192.168.1.1 address ! Make sure you will not end up with an IP conflict on your LAN.
Click Apply, the Finish and Save & Restart.
While the unit is rebooting, you should change the IP configuration of the network card you are using to connect to the WL500 so that it can talk again with the WL500. I.e.: set your PC so that it has an ip in the same subnet as your wl500.
Now go to Wireless -> Interface. Enter the SSID of your wireless network, exactly as it is ! Respect casing !
Channel :Set the channel to the channel, you WLAN is using. Letting this to auto will cause in the WL500 failing to connect to your WLAN.
Wireless Mode : I have set this to Performance and checked 54g Protection, but i think setting this to the same than in your main WL500 would do the trick.
WPA Encryption : I choosed AES. AES is said to be stronger than TKIP....
WPA Pre-Shared Key : Enter the same key as in your WL500......
WEP Encryption : None
Passphrase : Leave blank.
Leave everything else unchanged and click apply.
Now go to Wireless -> Advanced
Here i entered the same settings than i entered i my main WL500, except "Extended Mode:" which i set to "Ethernet Bridge".
Click apply, finish and save & restart and your second WL500 should connect to your WLAN.
Do not forget to revert the settings of you network card to the one you had before starting this howto.
Now you can proceed with this awesome howto :
http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=10307