Chapter 6. RF Link Test
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Configuring Access Point Bridging and Repeating (WLAP Mode)
3.
With the RF Statistics screen displayed, press
F4
. This displays the Connection Quality Test
screen, as shown in Figure 6-5.
4.
Enter the MAC address of the remote access point.
5.
Press
Enter
to highlight the MAC address, then press
Enter
again to start the RF Link Test.
During the test, vertical bars scroll across the Connection Quality Test screen. As a new bar is
displayed, its signal strength number is displayed as the RSSI number at the bottom of the
screen. The higher the bar, the higher the RSSI number. Maximum signal strength is an RSSI
number of 31. An example screen showing the maximum signal strength is shown in Figure 6-
6.
6.
To stop the RF Link Test, press the
Esc
key. This returns you to the Main Menu.
Local Access Point
Connection Quality Test
Remote Device MAC Address:
00:00:00:00:00:00
max |
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|
Signal
|
Quality
|
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min |
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Tx Rate
Mb/s
Tx Retries
Rx Rate
Mb/s
RSSI
Exit-[ESC]
Enter MAC Address to start test.
Figure 6-5: Connection Quality Screen Before Start of Test
