User guide

Monitoring Your BreezeNET Network
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Displayed across the top of the Site Monitor window are the following fields:
! Current Network (SSID) - which identifies the name of the network to
which you are currently connected.
! Distance between APs - describes the Base Station density setting of the
network to which you are currently connected.
These fields will remain visible when selecting any of the other options in the
Site Monitor window.
Also displayed in the Site Monitor window are all Base Stations that:
! Belong to the same Infrastructure as the one to which you are currently
connected, and
! Are within range of your Client Manager station.
In the site monitor mode you can customize the selection of site monitor
parameters to satisfy your personal preferences as described on Customizing
the Site Monitor Display. The recommended selection for standard site survey
procedures is as follows:
! AP name (Base Station name) - to identify devices by the name of the Base
Station:
This name is identified either in:
" The
System Name field of the Base Station’s configuration
(see SNMP Parameters).
" A user-defined Base Station
Name List, that you can create using the
Client Manager tool (see AP Names Tab).
! SNR - the signal to noise ratio which indicates the communications quality
with the various Base Stations.
! Channel - to identify which radio channel is used by each of the Base
Stations.
To do a standard site survey:
1. Arrange the site monitor display as described above.
2. Determine which locations in your network environment require wireless
connectivity.
3. Use a mobile computing device to walk through your wireless LAN
environment.
4. Roaming throughout the network environment, verify that each location is
covered by at least one Base Station that provides a level of SNR that is at
least “Marginal” (Yellow) or better.
5. (optional) Use the
Sort on button to re-arrange the display of Base Stations
by the data displayed in the first column.