Dell 6.2 Connecting Spectru m Devices to the Spectrum Analysis Client

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3. Underthe Profiles list, expand the RF Management menu.
4. To enablea spect rummonitor on the 80 2.11a radio band,select the 80 2.11a radio profile menu.
-or-
To enablea spect rummonitor on the 80 2.11g radio band,select the 802 .11g radio profile menu.
5. The Profile Details pane appears. Click the Mode drop-downlist, and select spectrum-mode.
6. Click Apply to save your settings.
In the CLI
To convert a groupo f APs via the command-linei nterface,access the CLI i nc onfigmode and issue the commands
rf dot11a-radio-profile <profile> mode spectrum-mode
rf dot11g-radio-profile <profile> mode spectrum-mode
where<profile> is the 80211 a or 80211g radio profile used by the AP group.
Connecting Spectru m Devices to the Spectrum Analysis Client
A spectrum analysis client is any laptop or desktop computer that can access the co ntrollerWebUI and receive
streamingdat a from individual spectrummonit ors or hybrid APs. Once you have configured one or more APs to
operate a a spectrummonit or orhybrid AP , uset heSpectrum Monitor s window to identify the spectrum devices
you want to actively connect the spectrum analysis client. To connect one or more spectrum devices to your client:
1. Navigate to Monitoring >Spectrum Analysis.
2. Click the Spectrum Monitors tab.
3. Click the Add button. A table appears, displayinga list of spectrum analysis devices, sorted by name. Single-radio
spectrumdevic es havea single entry in this table, and dual-radio spectrumdevices have two entries; one for each
radio. This table displays the following data for each radio.
TableColumn Description
AP Nameof the AP whose radio you want to convert to a spectrum monitor. AP names are case sensitive.
Thiscol umn includes the following icons:
Radiois operating as a spectrum monitor.
Radio is operating as a hybrid AP with spectrum enabled.
Band Thefrequency band currently used by the radio. This value can be either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz.
Model APmodel type.
APGroup Nameof the AP group to which the spectrum monitor is currently associated.
Mode This col umn indicates the type of spectrum analysis device:
lSpectrumM onitor: AP is in spectrum monitor mode.
lAccessPoint: AP is configured as an access point but with spectrum monitoring enabled (Hybrid
AP).
Availability for
Connection
Indicatesif the AP is available to send spectrum analysis data to the client. Possible options are as
follows:
lAvailable, 2.4GHz:The radi o is available to send spectrumanal ysisdata on the 2.4GHz frequency
band.
Table19 5: SpectrumDevice Selection Information