Methods and devices related to wireless networking. A wireless device has
multiple directional antennas and multiple backhaul radio modules which
provide point to point wireless links with other wireless devices. Each
radio module can use any one of the available directional antennas to
link to one other routing device. Antennas are automatically selected for
each wireless device by merely setting one device in a "hunt" mode and
setting another device in a "listen" mode. Devices in a hunt mode cycle
through the available antennas by sequentially transmitting transmit
messages to devices in the listen mode using each of the available
antennas in turn. Devices in the listen mode also cycle through their
available antennas by sequentially "listening" for transmit messages. A
listen mode device, receives transmit messages on each of its available
antennas, and, after gathering the relevant data, determines which of its
antennas is best suited for communicating with the hunt mode device. The
listen mode device antenna which is best suited is then used to transmit
a response message to the hunt mode device. This listen mode device
antenna is thus configured for communicating with the hunt mode device.
Similarly, when the hunt mode device receives the response message, it
designates its antenna which transmitted the transmit message as being
configured for communications with the listen mode device.