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LANCOM 3550 Wireless
Chapter 6: Point- to-point connections
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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.
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.
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 ³. If the receiving antenna is outside of this
ideal area, however, significant losses in performance will be the result ·.
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.
6.2 Configuration
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
LANconfig
For configuration with LANconfig you will find the settings for P2P connec-
tions under the configuration area 'Interfaces' on the 'Wireless LAN' tab.
ቢ 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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