Dear Oliver,
I am not mentioning IPv4 multicast addresses, which you are right are mapped to 
ethernet MAC starting with 01-00-5E.
01:40:96:ff:ff:c0 is well-known ETHERNET multicast address for iapp protocol.

Regarding inter-subnet WLCCP i suggest to read patent related to creation of 
WLCCP protocol:
http://www.google.com/patents/US7706345, which clearly states that there is 
specification on how to pass inter-subnet WLCCP traffic

Regards,
Shahin


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On Nov 12, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Oliver Jancevski <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> I dont think you can route the MAC address bellow. All standard IPv4 
> multicast addresses translate to 1st 3 bytes of the MAC to be 01-00-5E.
>  
> This is confirmed in the WDS FAQ:
> Q. How do the WDS and the infrastructure APs in the WLAN communicate with 
> each other?
> 
> A. The WDS and the infrastructure APs communicate over a multicast protocol 
> called the Wireless LAN Context Control Protocol (WLCCP). These multicast 
> messages cannot be routed. Therefore, a WDS and the associated infrastructure 
> APs must be in the same IP subnetwork and on the same LAN segment. Between 
> the WDS and the Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE), WLCCP uses Transmission 
> Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) on port 2887. When 
> the WDS and WLSE are on different subnetworks, packet translation with a 
> protocol like Network Address Translation (NAT) cannot occur.
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 11/11/12, Shahin Mammadov <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Shahin Mammadov <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Wireless] WDS
> To: "------" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Received: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 4:22 PM
> 
> Hi,
> WDS communicates over the network using the Wireless LAN Context Control 
> Protocol (WLCCP). This protocol uses the multicast destination address 
> 01:40:96:ff:ff:c0 for advertisement and discovery of the WDS master. Once the 
> master is discovered by WDS clients, then unicast UDP sessions are created 
> over port 2887 to authenticate the WDS client and exchange information. 
> Alternatively, the WDS master IP address may be configured statically in the 
> WDS client if the master is not on the same subnet or if multicast routing is 
> not enabled.
> 
> Regards,
> Shain Mammadov
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Nov 12, 2012, at 12:35 AM, ------ <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi List 
>> 
>> Could someone points me to a paper explaining how an AP would dynamically 
>> find the WDS master on the network ? 
>> 
>> So far, I read the configuration guide of the current IOS versions, for the 
>> 1240AG for instance. 
>> 
>> This URL : 
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/12.4_10b_JA/configuration/guide/scg12410b-chap12-wdsroam-rm.html
>> 
>> From this CG, I can read this in the section : Configuring Access Points to 
>> use the WDS Device
>> 
>> The access points that you configure to interact with the WDS automatically 
>> perform these steps:
>> •<blank.gif>Discover and track the current WDS device and relay WDS 
>> advertisements to the wireless LAN.
>> •<blank.gif>Authenticate with the WDS device and establish a secure 
>> communication channel to the WDS device.
> 
> •<blank.gif>Register associated client devices with the WDS device.
> 
> I also explored a couple of books : CCNA Wireless, CCNA Wireless from Todd 
> Lamle without any luck. 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> J. 
> 
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