HP Manager Software manual Shared Coverage Areas

Defining Wireless Coverage Areas 137

3WXM determines how many WX switches are needed when it computes how many MAP access points are required and automatically creates them.

5To add a WX switch you previously created to the wiring closet, click Choose Available, and select the WX switch from the list. Repeat for additional WX switches.

To remove a WX switch from the wiring closet, select it from the list of WX switches and click Remove.

If there are two or more WX switches in the wiring closet, you can change the order in which 3WXM checks WX switches for free ports. If there are no free ports on the WX switches listed, 3WXM creates and inserts a new WX switch in the wiring closet. Select a WX switch and click Move Up or Move Down to change the order of the WX switches.

6In the Create Wiring closet dialog box, click Finish to save the changes.

Defining a Coverage Using the coverage area drawing tool, you can specify the coverage area Area graphically on your floor plan.

You perform the following tasks to define a coverage area:

1Draw the coverage area on the floor. See “Drawing a Coverage Area” on page 139.

2Specify the wireless technology to be used in the coverage area. See “Specifying the Wireless Technology for a Coverage Area” on page 142.

3Specify the coverage area properties. See “Specifying Coverage Area Properties” on page 143.

4Specify the association information for the coverage area. See “Specifying Association Information” on page 145.

Shared Coverage Areas

3WXM supports the sharing of coverage areas if one area is completely within a larger area. For example, you might want to provide 802.11a and 802.11b coverage in a conference room that is part of a larger coverage area only providing 802.11a coverage. (Coverage areas that partially overlap are not supported.) MAP access points are shared only in the overlapped area.

The following figure shows an example of shared coverage areas.