Configure manually WDS with the proprietary rt5390 driver, found in routers like Tplink TD-W8968 v2

rt5392-WDS.txt

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First router
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Configure WDS on the first router (MAC address=00:11:11:11:11:11):

ifconfig ra0 down
ifconfig apcli0 down
ifconfig wds0 down
rmmod rt5390ap

(add some lines to the RT2860AP.dat file)
nano /var/Wireless/RT2860AP/RT2860AP.dat
WdsEnable=1
WdsList=00:22:22:22:22:22;
WdsEncrypType=AES
WdsKey=supersecret321

insmod /lib/modules/rt5390ap.ko
ifconfig ra0 up
ifconfig wds0 up
brctl addif br0 ra0
brctl addif br0 wds0
iwpriv ra0 set Channel=1

iwpriv ra0 show wdsinfo
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Second router
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Configure WDS on the second router (MAC address=00:22:22:22:22:22)
All the same except the MAC address:
WdsList=00:11:11:11:11:11;

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Misc
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Use the channel 14 (b/g)
~ # iwpriv ra0 set CountryRegion=5
~ # iwpriv ra0 set Channel=14

Site survey
~ # iwpriv ra0 set SiteSurvey=
~ # iwpriv ra0 get_site_survey