airBridge Site Survey

This tab allows you to associate the airBridge with any of the Access Points available on the LAN(Infrastructure Mode) or with the different wireless Clients(Adhoc Mode).
  1. InfraStructure Mode : 3 different Methods are Possible in this selection.

    • Automatic Association :

      Check the Preferred BSSID and Enter the following values and Click on “Connect”

      • ESSID = Any
      • BSSID = 000000000000

      The airBridge will automatically search the available Access Points on the LAN and associates with the best possible Access Point providing maximum signal strength. If the available Access Point is working with the shared Key then you need to enter the same Key in airBridge (Please refer to Security Tab for keying in the WEP encryption Key).

    • Association with Known Access Point :

      Check the Preferred BSSID.Enter the values of ESSID, BSSID, Channel, Preamble for the known Access Point. Click on “Connect”. The airBridge will try to associate with the Access Point, and gives the suitable message as whether associated or not. Please key in the WEP Keys same as the Access Point you are connecting with.

    • Association with Unknown Access Points :

      If you don’t know the Access Points then go for this option.Uncheck the Preferred BSSID. It will show the available Access Points, select one of them and Click “Connect”, else double click on the Entry of the Access Point. The airBridge will try to associate with the Access Point, and gives the suitable message as whether associated or not. Please key in the WEP Keys same as the Access Point you are connecting with.

  2. Adhoc Mode

    Enter the values of ESSID, BSSID, Channel, Preamble for the known Access Point Client. Click on “Set”. The airBridge will automatically connect to the Known Access Point Client. You must make sure that if the other client is using the WEP encryption Keys, then the same keys are keyed in the airBridge .

    Note : Please make sure that you are not using ESSID as "Any" in ADHOC Mode. This is specially reserved for infrastructure Mode only.

  3. Antenna Alignment

    With the help of this tool user will be able to position the antenna to get better Link.

    When user clicks on “Antenna Alignment” button, a new dialog box will pop up. The RSSI and Link Quality of associate Access Point will be displayed graphically. These values will be refreshed periodically (2 sec). This will be a visual feedback to the user for positioning antenna to get better link quality.

  4. Roaming

    By enabling the Roaming option, airBridge will associate with the Access Points sharing the same ESSID and can switch in between them automatically.

    • Select Infrastructure Mode
    • Uncheck "Select From Available Access Points" option
    • Enter Valid ESSID
    • Check Roaming option
    • Click Set Values button
    Note that the ESSID will be set to "000000000000"

    In this Mode, the airBridge can connect to any Access Point with the same ESSID, based on signal strength and can switch in between them if one goes down. In the above Fig. Access Points ( Main and StandBy ) are shown. Both are ON at the time and share same ESSID. airBridge is associated to Main airPoint-PRO. The airBridge has specific seetings. The ESSID is same as that of Access Point and BSSID equal to "0000000000000". In case if the Main Access Point goes down, airBridge will reassociate with the StandBy Access Point. The switchover time in normally upto 5 secs. This guarantees the internet connection to all the PCs behind airBridge even if one Access Point goes down.