Indoor Installation Considerations - Black Box LW0050A Manual

PRO 11 SERIES WIRELESS ETHERNET
4. When an Access Point and Workstation Bridge communicate over the wireless
LAN, set them both to the same ESSID. For example, set the Access Point of
the main office and the Workstation Bridge of the first Access-Point/
Workstation-Bridge relay pair to the same ESSID. Also, set the Access Point of
the last Access-Point/Workstation-Bridge relay and the Workstation Bridge of
the remote site to the same ESSID; this ESSID should be different from the first
ESSID.
Another option is to use one ESSID, and to set the Preferred AP parameter of
each Workstation Bridge to its paired Access Point (refer to Section 3.4.3). This
option allows stations to roam between the sites.
5. As usual, make sure that the hopping sequence of the Access Points are
different.
Main Office
Ethernet Backbone
6. If desired, an additional Access Point may be added at the main office and
remote site, and between each Access-Point/Workstation-Bridge pair to provide
wireless LANs at those points.
7. Install Station Adapters or PCMCIA Adapters in workstations (refer to
Chapter 2).

5.2 Indoor Installation Considerations

This chapter describes various considerations to take into account when planning
an indoor installation. This includes site selection, antenna diversity, antenna
polarization, construction materials, and cell size.
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10BASE-T Crossover Cable
AP
ESSID 1
Figure 5-5. Multihop Configuration.
WB AP
ESSID 2
Remote Office
Ethernet Backbone
WB