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Cisco Aironet 340, 350, and CB20A Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
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Appendix F Performing a Site Survey
Using Active Mode
Table F-2
lists and describes the parameters that affect how the site survey is performed. Follow the
instructions in the table to set any parameters.
Table F-2
Site Survey Active Mode Parameters
Parameter
Description
Destination MAC Address
The MAC address of the access point (in infrastructure mode) or other
clients (in ad hoc mode) that are used in the test.
Default: The MAC address of the access point (in infrastructure mode)
to which your client adapter is associated
Note
During the test, the client adapter does not roam to other access
points so that the size of a single cell can be determined.
Continuous Link Test
Checking this check box causes the test to run until you click OK or
Stop. The test loops repeatedly for the number of packets specified in
the Number of Packets field.
Default: Unchecked
Destination Is Another
Cisco/Aironet Device
Checking this check box indicates that the device you named in the
Destination MAC Address field is a Cisco Aironet access point (in
infrastructure mode) or client (in ad hoc mode). In this case, packets sent
to the client from the Cisco Aironet device contain additional information,
such as lost to source, lost to target, and percent retries, and this
information is displayed in the Site Survey - Active screen.
If the device specified in the Destination MAC Address field is not a
Cisco Aironet device, do not check this check box. In this case, the test
sends out loopback packets, which originate from and return to the
client adapter.
Default: Checked
Number of Packets
The number of packets that are sent during the test.
Range:
1 to 999
Default: 100
Packet Size
The size of the packets that are sent during the test. Select a size that is
typical during normal system use.
Range:
30 to 1450
Default: 512
Data Retries
The number of times a transmission is retried if an acknowledgment
(Ack) is not returned by the destination device.
Default: None
Retry Value
Description
None
No retries will occur.
Default Retries
The firmware’s default value for retries
(16 for 2.4-GHz client adapters; 32 for
5-GHz client adapters) will be used.
