Access points are not limited to communications with mobile clients; they can also transfer data from one access point to another.
LANconfig: Wireless LAN / General / Physical WLAN settings / Point-to-point
WEBconfig: LCOS menu tree / Setup / Interfaces / WLAN / Interpoint settings
- Point-to-point operation mode
- 'Off': The access point only communicates with mobile clients
- 'On': The access point can communicate with other access points and with mobile clients
- 'Exclusive': The access point only communicates with other access points
- Station name For this physical WLAN interface, enter a name which is unique in the WLAN: This name can be used by other WLAN devices to connect this base station over point-to-point. You can leave this field empty if the device has only one WLAN interface and already has a device name which is unique in the WLAN, or if the other base stations identify this interface by means of the WLAN adapter's MAC address.
- Do not forward packets between P2P links on the same interface Allows or prohibits the transmission of packets between P2P links on the same WLAN interface
- Channel selection scheme In the 5-GHz band, the automatic search for vacant WLAN
channels can lead to several simultaneous test transmissions from multiple access points,
with the result that they do not find each other. This stalemate situation can be avoided
with the appropriate "Channel selection scheme".
Thus it is recommended for the 5GHz
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 2.4GHz band, too, this
setting simplifies the establishment of point-to-point connections if the automatic
channel search is activated.
- Master: This access point takes over the leadership when selecting a free WLAN channel.
- Slave: All other access points will search for a channel until they have found a transmitting Master.
Note: The purpose of this area is to define general P2P parameters only—the actual connections to remote WLAN stations themselves are defined under the following paths: LANconfigWireless LAN / General / Point to point partners WEBconfig: Setup / Interfaces / WLAN Interpoint peers