User`s guide

Locating and Fixing Coverage Holes
RoamAbout Switch Manager User’s Guide 9-9
Locking Down APs
TopreventRASMfrommovinganAPonyournetworkplanthatyoudonotwanttobe
redistributed,locktheAPdown.
TolockdownanAP:
1. DisplaytheRFcoveragearea.
ForinformationabouthowtodisplaytheRFcoveragearea,referto“DisplayingtheRF
CoverageArea”on
page 9‐8.
2. Right‐clickonanAPintheRFcoveragearea,andselectLock.
3. Right‐click(Macintosh:Control+click)onanAPintheRFcoveragearea,andselectLock.
Fixing a Coverage Hole
AfteryouimportRFmeasurements,rebuildtheattenuationlibrary,anddisplaycoverage,youcan
observeanywirelesscoverageholesinthenetwork.Tofixacoveragehole,useoneofthe
followingmethods:
•LocktheAPsinplace,andusetheCompute andPlacetasktorecomputethenumberofAPs

neededandtheirrecommendedplacement.IfthisresultsinnewAPsbeingadded,installthe
newAPs.
•InstallnewAPsandaddthemtothenetworkplan.Usingthismethod,youinstallthenewAP
first,thenintegrateitintoyournetworkplan.
Computing and Placing New APs
TheprocedureforcomputingandplacingnewAPsisthesameastheprocedureyouuseforinitial
planning.(Referto“ComputingandPlacingNewAPs”onpage 9‐9.)Usingthisprocedure,you
candeterminethenumberandlocationofadditionalAPsyoushouldaddtoyournetwork.
Replanning Your Network
AfteryouhavecomputedandplacednewAPsinthenetworkplan,youwillneedtoaddtheAPs
toyournetwork.ForinformationaboutaddingAPstoyournetwork,refertotheRoamAbout
HardwareInstallationGuide.Thisguidecontainsinstructionsandspecificationsforinstallingan
accesspointandconnecting
ittoaRoamAboutswitch.
AfteryouinstallanewAPinthenetworkandyouwanttoaddittothenetworkplan,performthe
followingsteps:
1. SelecttheRFPlanningtoolbaroption.
2. IntheContentpanel,displaythefloorplanwheretheAPistobeinstalled.
3. IntheOrganizerpanel,
clickonCoverageAreas.
4. Right‐click(Macintosh:Control+click)theCoverageAreatowhichtheAPistobeassociated,
andselectEditPropertiesfromthemenu.TheCoverageAreaPropertiesdialogforthe
selectedcoverageareaappears.
5. ClicktheAssociationstabtodisplayareaassociationsinformationforthecoveragearea.
6. In
theAvailableAccessPointsbox,selectoneormoreavailableAPstouseinthecoverage
area,thenclickAddtomovetheAPstotheCurrentAccessPointsbox.