Allied Telesis AT-WR4500 - Manual (Page 34)

34 AT-WR4500 Series - IEEE 802.11abgh Outdoor Wireless Routers
RouterOS v3 Configuration and User Guide
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No implied protocol limits on link distance
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No implied protocol speed degradation for long link distances
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Dynamic protocol adjustment depending on traffic type and resource usage
Quick Setup Guide
Let's consider that you have a wireless interface, called wlan1.
To set it as an Access Point, working in 802.11g standard, using frequency 2442 MHz and Service Set
Identifier test, do the following configuration:
/interface wireless set wlan1 ssid=test frequency=2442 band=2.4ghz-b/g \
mode=ap-bridge disabled=no
Now your router is ready to accept wireless clients.
To make a point-to-point connection, using 802.11a standard, frequency 5805 MHz and Service Set
Identifier p2p, write:
/interface wireless set wlan1 ssid="p2p" frequency=5805 band=5ghz \
mode=bridge disabled=no
The remote interface should be configured to station as showed below.
To make the wireless interface as a wireless station, working in 802.11a standard and Service Set
Identifier p2p:
/interface wireless set wlan1 ssid="p2p" band=5ghz mode=station disabled=no
Specifications
Packages required: wireless
License required: Level4 (station and bridge mode)
Submenu level: /interface wireless
Standards and Technologies:
IEEE802.11a , IEEE802.11b , IEEE802.11g
Hardware usage: Not significant
Related Topics
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IP Addresses and ARP
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Log Management
Description
The Atheros card has been tested for distances up to 20 km providing connection speed up to 17Mbit/s.
With appropriate antennas and cabling the maximum distance should be as far as 50 km.
These values of ack-timeout were approximated from the tests done by us, as well as by some of our
customers:
ack-timeout
range
5GHz 5GHz-turbo 2.4GHz-G
0km default default default
5km 52 30 62
10km 85 48 96
15km 121 67 133
20km 160 89 174
25km 203 111 219