User's Manual

3. Fix the alignment of the antenna on one side.

4. Adjust the alignment of the antenna on other side by using response time information obtained

from PINGing (run PING.exe) the “fixed-side” computer.

5. Fine-tune the alignment of the antenna until you get a best response time.

6. Increase the data rate of each bridge simultaneously until a maximal workable data rate is

reached. You may not be able to use the highest data rate, 54Mbps, because of the distance and

the gain of the antennas.

Fig. 44 illustrates the idea.

Bridge 1

WDS Link

Computer 1

Computer 2

Bridge 2

PING (ICMP Echo Request)

ICMP Echo Reply

Adjust antenna alignment

Fig. 9. Adjusting alignments of external directional antennas.

TIP: When doing dynamic bridging, configure Bridge 1 to be in AP Client mode and configure

Bridge 2 to be in AP/Bridge mode.

TIP: If you are doing static bridging, you can make use of the Antenna Alignment Assistance feature

to help you align the directional antennas.

Fig. 10. Antenna alignment assistance.

Instead of using PING.exe, you can run Wireless Network Manager on Computer 1, and go to the

Antenna Alignment tab. Click Start to begin monitoring the WDS link quality. Adjust the alignment