User guide
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BreezeNET DS.11b User’s Guide
Manual Version 1.0
The first time you open the Site Monitor window, the Base Stations are
sorted in descending order of the SNR values.
6. (optional) To sort Base Stations in a different way, simply select another
display item in column one.
Customizing the Site Monitor Display
For specific purposes, you may wish to select one or more of the other
parameters as well, for example:
! Display the signal level (Signal) and noise level (Noise) to determine the
cause of a poor level of SNR.
" A low signal level would indicate a “weak” radio signal, i.e. the Base
Station is almost ‘out-of-range’.
" A high noise level would indicate a source of interference in the
radio path between your Client Manager station and the Base
Station.
The SNR, signal level and noise level can be displayed as dynamic indicators
and/or numerical values in dBm.
! Display the MAC address of the wireless card in the access point. This
option may be useful if:
" You are building the access point name list as described in “ AP
Names Tab on page 5-14’’
Selection Tab
The Selection tab enables you to select another network, in situations where
you wish to:
! Verify the presence of neighboring networks.
! Determine whether such network might interfere with your network.
Which Base Stations will be displayed when you start the site monitor tool is
actually determined by the configuration of the network name parameter on
your Client Manager station (
Edit/Add Configuration Profile in the Actions menu of
the main Client Manager window). For example when the network name of
your Client Manager station is set to:
! A specific Network Name - the station will:
" only connect to an infrastructure network identified by the same
network name when the station is powered up.
" display only the Base Stations belonging to that network that are
within range of your Client Manager station.
! “ANY” network - the monitoring station will:
" connect to the first “open” network it sees when the station is
powered up.