User`s guide

36 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01

v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004

Running the AP Plan

In this section you will run the algorithm that searches for the best place to put all your access

points.

You might want to zoom in on the floor plan. Zoom using the Zoom pull-down near the top of

the AP Planning page, or type a zoom factor in the text box at the left of the pull-down and

press the enter key on your keyboard.

Try entering a zoom factor of 400.

Notice that the number of required APs is 5, the same value that you saw when you modeled

your APs above. Notice, also, that none of the APs show on the floor plan yet.

Click the Initialize button.

You will see a total of 5 AP symbols appear on the two floor diagrams, 3 on Floor 1 and 2 on

Floor 2. You will also notice that the Suggested Access Points tables below each floor diagram

have been populated with information about the suggested APs for each corresponding floor.

Click the Start Button.

After you Initialize the APs you must start the algorithm. You will see the APs move around

on the floor plans as the algorithm is running.

The algorithm will stop when the movement is less than a threshold value calculated based on

the number of APs. The threshold value may be seen in the status bar at the bottom of the

browser window.

OTE—To see the approximate coverage areas of each of the APs, select an AP type from the

Approx. Coverage pull-down box and select a rate from the Coverage Rate pull-down box.

Click Save, then click the AM Planning button.

Running the AM Plan

Running the AM Plan algorithm is exactly like running the AP Plan above.

Click on Initialize.

Click on Start.

The algorithm will stop when the movement is less than a threshold value calculated

based on the number of AMs. The threshold value may be seen in the status bar at the

bottom of the browser window.

Click Save.