Antenna Alignment For P2P Operations; Configuration - Lancom 3550 Wireless User Manual

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Thus it is recommended for the 5 GHz band that one central access point

should be configured as 'Master' and all other point-to-point partners should

be configured as 'Slave'. In the 2.4 GHz band, too, this setting simplifies the

establishment of point-to-point connections if the automatic channel search

is activated.

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6.1

Antenna alignment for P2P operations

The precise alignment of the antennas is of considerable importance in estab-

lishing a P2P path. The more central the receiving antenna is located in the

"ideal line" of the transmitting antenna, the better is the actual performance

and the effective bandwidth

ideal area, however, significant losses in performance will be the result

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6.2

In the configuration of point-to-point connections, entries have to be made

for the point-to-point operation mode, the channel selection scheme and the

MAC addresses of the remote sites.

Configuration with

For configuration with LANconfig you will find the settings for P2P connec-

LANconfig

tions under the configuration area 'Interfaces' on the 'Wireless LAN' tab.

It is imperative that the channel selection scheme is configured cor-

rectly if the point-to-point connections are to be encrypted with

802.11i/WPA.

Further information about the geometrical alignment of wireless

paths and the alignment of antennas with the help of LANCOM soft-

ware can be found in the LCOS reference manual.

Click on the button Physical WLAN settings to open the corresponding

WLAN interface and select the tab for 'Point-to-Point'.

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Chapter 6: Point- to- point connections

. If the receiving antenna is outside of this

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