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PRO 11 SERIES WIRELESS ETHERNET
• Neighbor APs – This section, located at the bottom of the window, displays
nearby Access Points (up to 4) from which the station is receiving a signal. For
each Access Point, the following parameters are displayed:
Alias – The alias you have assigned to the Access Point. To assign aliases to
Access Point units, press the Alias button. If no alias has been assigned to
the Access Point, this field displays “no alias.”
AP Address – The IEEE MAC address of the Access Point.
Signal – A miniature signal bar indicating the current signal strength from
the Access Point. When you hold the cursor over the line, the exact value
appears.
The following buttons appear on the right side of the Site Survey window. Several
of the buttons are used in the course of performing a Site Survey.
Record –
Records the signal strength of the current location in the Survey
Log, as well as all neighboring Access Points. In the Record window, you
can add the name of the location and a remark. You can view the Survey
Log by pressing
Survey Log .
Alias – Lets you assign alias names to Access Points. In the Alias window,
enter the Access Point address and the desired alias. For convenience, you
can drag and drop the address of the associated Access Point from the
main window into the
Alias window. For neighbor Access Points, you
should use Ctrl-C to copy the AP Address from the main window.
Iconize – Closes the Site Survey window and opens the Connection Quality
Graph, which indicates current signal strength of the associated Access
Point at a glance. The Graph can be moved anywhere on the screen, and
will always appear on top of other applications. Hold the cursor over the X
to see the signal strength in units. Press the
X to close the Graph and open
the Site Survey window.
Figure 4-5. Connection Quality Graph.
Survey Log –
Opens the Survey Log at the bottom of the main window. The
Survey Log displays the information recorded using the Record button.
Press Clear Log to clear the Survey Log. Press Delete Last to delete the last
recorded reading.