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Fig. 43. Link health monitoring.
Run Wireless Network Manager on a computer and locate the AP you want to manage.
Go to the WDS tab, and then click Test. The test results (OK or Broken) will be shown
in the Link Status column of the WDS links table.
If external high-gain directional antennas are used, it’s difficult to align the antennas
when the distance between the bridges is long.
To adjust the alignments of a pair of bridges’ directional antennas:
7. Connect each bridge to a computer via Ethernet.
8. Configure the date rate of each bridge to the lowest value, 1Mbps.
9. Fix the alignment of the antenna on one side.
10. Adjust the alignment of the antenna on other side by using response time informa-
tion obtained from PINGing (run PING.exe) the “fixed-side” computer.
11. Fine-tune the alignment of the antenna until you get a best response time.
12. 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, 11Mbps,
because of the distance and the gain of the antennas.