14CHAPTER 2: CONDUCTING A SITE SURVEY

Viewing Access

Select Known APs in the View menu to display APs in range of the target wireless

Point Info

client. Use the Known APs dialog box to view the AP BSSID, number of associated

 

wireless clients, wireless client type, and status and data rate. An icon next to each

 

AP indicates whether the AP is mandatory or preferred and if the AP is associated.

 

A list of APs within range of the wireless client is also shown. Select an AP and

 

right click to change the AP type to Mandatory or Roaming. Click the Rates button

 

to display the Transmission Rates dialog box. Use the Transmission Rates dialog

 

box to set the transmission rate to 1Mb, 2Mb, 5.5Mb or 11Mb. Checking multiple

 

rates defaults the wireless client to a lower rate if the higher rate AP association

 

cannot be established. At least one rate is required.

Viewing Mobile Unit

Select Noise Meter in the View menu to display a graph of relative signal strength

Noise Info

indicator (RSSI) values and channel numbers. Use the Noise Meter dialog box to

 

view the wireless client BSSID and the RSSI minimum, maximum, and average

 

values. The RSSI values displayed in the graph are continuously updated with the

 

last 6 received values displayed in blue. Click Reset to reset the graph to zero and

 

begin a new display as RSSI values are received.

Viewing Mobile Unit

Select Signal Quality in the View menu to display the percentage of missed

Signal Quality Info

beacons, the percentage of transmission retries and the percentage of CRC errors

 

logged during the ping test. Use the Signal Quality dialog box to display the

 

strength of the radio signal transmitted by an AP. This information is useful in

 

determining if the trial site survey AP placement locations are effective for

 

providing radio coverage to the proposed radio coverage area.

Navigating the

The Site Survey utility Area menu contains New, Select, Clear Log Contents, Edit

Area Menu

Notes, Run ICMP Test, and Run WNMP Test menu items.

 

Use the menu items to create and edit a site survey area, view the settings of a

 

survey area, clear a site survey log, edit or delete notes in a survey log, and start

 

and stop ICMP and WNMP tests.

Creating a New

Select New in the Area menu to display a Site Survey Area dialog box. Use the Site

Survey Area

Survey dialog box for entering a survey area name and description. If a workspace

 

is already open, you are prompted to save the existing workspace. Click OK to

 

display the new workspace name.

Selecting and Editing an

Click Select in the Area menu to display the Site Survey Area List dialog box. Use

Existing Survey Area

the Site Survey Area List dialog box to display a list and description of survey areas.

 

Select an area and click Edit Area to display the Site Survey Area dialog box. Add

 

new tests and survey area descriptions as needed. Click OK to save the changes to

 

the site survey workspace. Click Delete to remove the area from the current site

 

survey workspace.

Clearing the Text File

Use the Clear Log Contents option to delete the log contents for the active survey

Log for an Open

workspace.

Survey Area

 

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09-1765-001 specifications

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