A wireless communication network having an initiator node and a responder node, wherein the initiator node comprises: a transceiver that transmits and receives packet data on a wireless communication frequency; a plurality of antennas with which radio frequency signals are transmitted and received at the node; a beamformer with which a transmit and receive direction can be changed by the node; and a processor that is configured to execute instructions to identify one or more transmit and receive beamforming direction pairs (TX/RX) between the node and a responder node in the point-to-point wireless communication network, the processor adapted to: asynchronously transmit training packets for a number of times in each of a number of transmit beamforming directions; receive an indication that the responder node has asynchronously detected a training packet and is synchronized to the node; and once the node and the responder node are synchronized, synchronously transmit training packets from the node in each of a number of possible transmit beamforming directions; listen for feedback from the responder node that indicates that a training packet was received on a particular receive beamforming direction; and use a transmit and receive beamforming direction pair (TX/RX) with which a training packet was received by the responder node to transmit data packets to the responder node; characterized in that each transmit and receive beam forming direction pair (TX/RX) includes a transmit beamforming direction of the initiator node and a receive beamforming direction of the responder node, wherein the receive beamforming direction is set by selectively delaying and summing received signals; and the training packets are asynchronously sent at a rate that is faster than a rate at which the responder node changes its receive beamforming directions. a transceiver that transmits and receives packet data on a wireless communication frequency; a plurality of antennas with which radio frequency signals are transmitted and received at the node; a beamformer with which a transmit and receive direction can be changed by the node; and a processor that is configured to execute instructions to identify one or more transmit and receive beamforming direction pairs (TX/RX) between the node and a responder node in the point-to-point wireless communication network, the processor adapted to: asynchronously transmit training packets for a number of times in each of a number of transmit beamforming directions; receive an indication that the responder node has asynchronously detected a training packet and is synchronized to the node; and once the node and the responder node are synchronized, synchronously transmit training packets from the node in each of a number of possible transmit beamforming directions; listen for feedback from the responder node that indicates that a training packet was received on a particular receive beamforming direction; and use a transmit and receive beamforming direction pair (TX/RX) with which a training packet was received by the responder node to transmit data packets to the responder node; characterized in that each transmit and receive beam forming direction pair (TX/RX) includes a transmit beamforming direction of the initiator node and a receive beamforming direction of the responder node, wherein the receive beamforming direction is set by selectively delaying and summing received signals; and the training packets are asynchronously sent at a rate that is faster than a rate at which the responder node changes its receive beamforming directions. asynchronously transmit training packets for a number of times in each of a number of transmit beamforming directions; receive an indication that the responder node has asynchronously detected a training packet and is synchronized to the node; and once the node and the responder node are synchronized, synchronously transmit training packets from the node in each of a number of possible transmit beamforming directions; listen for feedback from the responder node that indicates that a training packet was received on a particular receive beamforming direction; and use a transmit and receive beamforming direction pair (TX/RX) with which a training packet was received by the responder node to transmit data packets to the responder node; characterized in that each transmit and receive beam forming direction pair (TX/RX) includes a transmit beamforming direction of the initiator node and a receive beamforming direction of the responder node, wherein the receive beamforming direction is set by selectively delaying and summing received signals; and the training packets are asynchronously sent at a rate that is faster than a rate at which the responder node changes its receive beamforming directions.