User's Manual

Planning and Installing Wireless LANs
BreezeNET PRO.11 Series 4-2 User’s Guide
4. PLANNING AND INSTALLING
WIRELESS LANS
This chapter describes various possible system configurations, lists points to
consider when performing indoor and outdoor installations, presents
guidelines and restrictions regarding external antenna installation. It also
describes some antennas that work well with BreezeNET PRO.11 units.
4.1. System Configurations
This chapter describes various wireless LAN configurations, and how to set
them up:
• Single Cell Configuration – The wireless LAN consists of an Access
Point and the wireless workstations associated with it.
• Overlapping Cell Configuration – The wireless LAN consists of two
or more adjacent Access Points whose coverage slightly overlaps.
• Multicell Configuration – The wireless LAN consists of several Access
Points installed in the same location. This creates a common coverage
area that increases aggregate throughput.
• Multi-Hop Configuration – The wireless LAN contains AP-WB pairs
that extend the range of the wireless LAN.
Many wireless LANs contain several of these configurations at different
points in system. The Single Cell configuration is the most basic, and the
other configurations build upon it.