Additional Suggestions On Antenna Alignment; Omni-Directional Antenna - Intel 2011B - PRO/Wireless LAN Enterprise Access Point Configuration Manual

Chapter 6. RF Link Test
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Local Access Point
.DTIM Interval
.BC/MC Q Max
.Max Retries (d)
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.Multicast Mask (d) 09000E00
.Multicast Mask (v) 01005E00
.Beacon Interval
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Figure 6-15: Example Settings for Aligning Antennas

6.6.3 Additional Suggestions on Antenna Alignment

If you are unable to make the access points operate with each other in the wireless access point
mode, the problem is most likely that the narrow coverage areas of the directional antennas are not
overlapping (Figure 6-16).
Figure 6-16: No Overlapping of Coverage with Directional Antennas

Omni-Directional Antenna

If the distance between the access points is not too great, it may help to use an omni-directional
antenna temporarily on one access point to get the wireless access point operation started (Figure 6-
17).
Because of its limited range, the omni-directional antenna does not work over long distances.
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