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Table 7 Planning Techniques to Use

Concern

If yes, use

If No, use

Do I want to better monitor my wireless network in terms of buildings, floors, or coverage areas?

RF Planning or RF

RF Auto-Tuning

Auto-Tuning with

 

Modelling

 

 

If RF Planning does not fit your requirements now, you can always use the

 

RF Planning technique in the future when you have the need, the time,

 

and the necessary floor plans available. You also can leverage the data in

 

RF Auto-Tuning and convert these RF measurements to configured

 

baseline values for planning.

 

 

 

 

Configuration

Purpose of this section: To describe the main areas of the 3Com Network

 

(WX switch and MAPs) you will configure in 3WXM.

 

Why is this important?: To provide you with overview information about

 

the software so that you can plan a configuration to support the services

 

you require.

 

You will configure the wireless configuration and AAA security

 

configuration for each service you provide on your wireless network. You

 

also create a basic configuration for the WX switch.

 

Figure 4 Configuration Required for Each Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Service

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Configuration

-Radio Profile

-Service Profile

-Encryption Choices

AAASecurity Configuration - AAA methods

- Rules

- Authentication choices

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