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learn more about the site survey procedure, you should consider
signing up for a RangeLAN2 Technical Training class in your
area. Go to Proxim’s web site at http://www.proxim.com/ for
more information.
Proxim recommends that you use the Driver-Level ping as a
troubleshooting tool in existing RangeLAN2 installations. The
Driver-Level ping will provide a better analysis of a wireless
connection because the Driver-Level ping incorporates more
elements of the RangeLAN2 communication mechanism than the
Radio-Level ping.
Also, use the Driver-Level ping in environments containing a
large amount of metal. The RangeLAN2 radio signals will
bounce off metal, and this may result in a phenomenon known as
multipath, which may reduce data throughput. The Driver-Level
ping is designed to compensate for the multipath phenomenon and
will provide a better estimate of the area covered by a
RangeLAN2 device than the Radio-Level ping.
Master Search
If you use the Roaming feature of the RangeLAN2 family, you
may be interested in knowing which Master devices are within
range. To display all of the Masters within range along with their
Domain, Channel, Subchannel, and Master_Name, choose the
<Masters> button in the Windows tools, or click the <Test /
Utilities> button in the RL2SETUP program in DOS. Addition-
ally, you can survey the units that are synchronized to a particular
Master by choosing that Master from the displayed list.
