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802.11n
Installing the Radios
Industrial Hotspot
User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
Page 37 of 171
May 23, 2011
2 Installing
the
Radios
If possible, you should configure all the radios side by side in an office setting
and make sure they link before you install them in the field. If feasible, it would be
even better if you could set up the entire system in the office and make sure your
equipment communicates properly through the radio network.
Important:
If the radios are close enough to each other that their received signal strength is
greater than -40dBm, performance may be degraded. Disconnect antennas from radios during
bench testing, or move the radios further apart from each other.
Tip:
To make it easier to physically identify the radios you are configuring, apply a label to each
radio indicating the radio name and IP address.
After you have configured each radio using WirelessN Discovery Tool and the
web configuration form, you can install the radios and test their performance.
Install the radios in their proposed permanent locations, and then temporarily
place each radio’s antenna near its proposed mounting location. The temporary
placement of the antenna can be by hand; however, with this testing method, one
person must hold the antenna while another monitors the radio’s signal strength.
To see how a radio is linked in the network, make sure that the radio is
connected to a PC, and then select
T
OPOLOGY
V
IEW
from the View menu in the
WirelessN Discovery Tool.
The Topology view shows a diagram of the network’s wireless connections. Use
this view to see whether all the radios are linked, and that you approve of the
way the radios are linked.