3Com WX4400 3CRWX440095A WX1200, 3CRWXR10095A, 3CRWX120695A WXR100 manual Working with Network Plans

4 WORKING WITH NETWORK PLANS

A network plan is the workspace in 3WXM you use to design a 3Com network. In a network plan, you define components of the network (WX switches, MAP access points, and optional third-party access points). Regardless of whether you intend to use physical planning features, you must create a network plan before you can configure or manage WX switches or monitor network data.

A network plan allows modular management of large networks based on organizational or geographical boundaries. For example, a network plan can represent a campuswide network. You also can define a physical representation of the network (sites, buildings, and floors). In this case, you can import drawings of your floor plans into the network plan or draw plan details manually. You can then identify the RF characteristics by importing data from a site survey or by manually identifying RF objects.

3Com recommends that you limit a network plan to a single campus or Mobility Domain (3Com network domain).

Different countries have different regulatory limits for 802.11 radios. Setting the country code in the network plan automatically enforces the appropriate regulatory limits for all configured radios. The greatest geographical scope for a network plan is a country, because a network plan is based on one specific country code.