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Summit WMScanner Users Guide 77
The Measurements Options dialog box contains three options:
■ RF Monitoring - Collects data passively by sniffing the packets from the surrounding access
points.
■ AP Performance - Collects data directly from an access point. This option is also known as
throughput.
■ Server Mode - Starts a throughput server for server side measurements.
5 Select the RF Monitoring option.
6 Click the Next button. The Configure Real-Time Measurement Run Information dialog box appears.
7 Click the Configure Scan Settings button. The Configure Scan Settings dialog box appears.
The Configure Scan Settings dialog box contains the following options:
● Selecting 802.11 a, b, g, and n channels for measurements
● Setting Dwell Time for each channel
● Setting Receiver Height Above Floor
● Setting Dwell Time for all selected channels
● Specifying channel width
Specifying Channel Width
Different APs work in different channel widths (e.g. the 802.11 N capable APs are capable of working in
the 40 MHz channel width). You can specify 40 MHz channels using extension channels (+1, -1) along
with the 20 MHz primary channel number. Thus, you also need to specify the channel width in scan
settings. You can specify the channel width in the following modes: