Compaq WL110, User Manual

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5-10 Monitoring your 11Mbps Wireless LAN Network
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Current Network (SSID) - which identifies the name of the network to
which you are currently connected.
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Distance between APs - describes the Access Point density setting of the
network to which you are currently connected.
These fields will remain visible when selecting any of the other options in the
Site Monitor window.
Also displayed in the Site Monitor window are all Access Points that:
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Belong to the same Infrastructure as the one to which you are currently
connected, and
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Are within range of your Client Manager station.
In the site monitor mode you can customize the selection of site monitor
parameters to satisfy your personal preferences as described on “Customizing
the Site Monitor Display” on page 5-11. The recommended selection for
standard site survey procedures is as follows:
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AP name (Access Point name) - to identify devices by the name of the
Access Point:
This name is identified either in:
— The
System Name
field of the Access Point’s configuration
(see “SNMP Parameters” on pag e8-11).
— A user-defined Access Point
Name List
, that you can create using the
Client Manager tool (see “AP Names Tab” on pag e5-13).
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SNR - the signal to noise ratio which indicates the communications quality
with the various Access Points.
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Channel - to identify which radio channel is used by each of the Access
Points.
To perform a standard site survey:
1. Arrange the site monitor display as described above.
2. Determine which locations in your network environment require wireless
connectivity.
3. Use a mobile computing device to walk through your wireless LAN
environment.
4. Roaming throughout the network environment, verify that each location is
covered by at least one Access Point that provides a level of SNR that is at
least “Marginal” (Yellow) or better.
5. (optional) Use the
Sort on
button to re-arrange the display of Access Points
by the data displayed in the first column.
The first time you open the Site Monitor window, the Access Points are
sorted in descending order of the SNR values.
6. (optional) To sort Access Points in a different way, simply select another
display item in column one.