Laird DVK-WLM400, Manual

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WISM+ DVK MANUAL
Version 1.00 Page 31
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Laird Technology 2010
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The access point will give the “Remote PC” an IP address over the wired Ethernet connection
Looking at IP addresses
You can click “Start
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Run and type command.com” to open a dos window on both laptops.
Type “ipconfig” at the DOS prompt, and the system will display the IP address which was issued to it…
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The access point will issue the “WISM+ Host PC” an IP address after the WISM+ in bridge mode joins the
wireless network.
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Create a large file (maybe a hundred Mega-Bytes) and place it in the shared folder.
Performing a file copy to measure throughput
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On the opposite PC, use Windows Explorer and navigate to view the shared folder on the other PC.
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Drag and drop the large file from the remote shared drive to the desktop and time the network file transfer.
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Now compute the throughput of the system by multiplying the size of the file (in bytes) times 8 (bits per byte)
and then dividing by the transfer time in seconds.
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This test uses 802.11g/b and TCP stack on the PCs, performing network level retries and guaranteeing the
file delivery.