Various aspects of a method and system for indicating the link quality between wireless base station units are presented. The establishment of a wireless network involves the placement of and communication between several base station units. To facilitate the operational capability of such a wireless network, a method for continuously displaying the quality of the links between these base station units is introduced. The method provides each base station with the information necessary to individually display the quality of the links between itself and its neighboring base stations. The displays can take on a variety of formats. Additionally, link quality of neighboring base stations can be collected by a central controller which can process the information and create a grid showing the link quality throughout the wireless network.