Observer®Software and WirelessLANs
14 ObserverUser Manual Addendum(Wireless)
WirelessSpeeds
This tab shows details of signal strength, quality, the overall rate and data
rate,as well as the packet distributions for different rates. As with all of the
statisticaldisplays in Observer, you can configure themode to display only
the statistics that you are currently interested in by right-clicking on the
column headers.
Wireless Latest
Thistab showsthe strength, quality, and speed of the wireless network, as
seenat the last poll, as opposed to t heo ther TopTalker displays, which
presentrunning aver ages.
Statistic Description
Alias Aliasof the TopTalker system,if one is available.
Address MediaAccess Control(MAC) address, i.e., the“hardware address.”
Packets The total numberof packets sent by the system.
AvgStren gth (%) The average strength of the sig nal, expressed as a percentage o f
the optimum strength.
AvgQ uality (%) The average signal-to-noise r atio of the signal, expressed as a per-
centage of the optimum.
AvgData Rate Therate of data packetson the wireless network.
Avgsp eed The speed of all packets (data+con trol+management+bea con) on
thewireless network.
Util % The percentage of bandwidth util ized.
Pkt1 The number of packetscaptured at 1Mbit/sec.
Pkt2 The number of packetscaptured at 2Mbit/sec.
Pkt5.5 Thenumber of packets capturedat 5.5Mbit/sec.
Pkt11 The number of packets captured at 11Mbit/sec.