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Managing Your Canopy Network March 2005
Through Software Release 6.1
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Canopy System User Guide
26.6.5 Link Test Page (All)
An example of the Link Capacity Test screen is displayed in Figure 128.
Figure 128: Link Test screen
The Link Capacity Test page allows you to measure the throughput and efficiency of the
RF link between two Canopy modules. To test a link using this page, perform the
following steps:
1. Enter into the Duration field how long (in seconds) the RF link should be tested.
2. Click the Start Test button.
3. Click the Refresh Display button (if the web page is not set to automatically
refresh).
4. View the results of the test.
Key Link Capacity Test Fields
The key fields in the test results are
◦ Downlink RATE, expressed in bits per second
◦ Uplink RATE, expressed in bits per second
◦ Downlink Efficiency, expressed as a percentage
◦ Uplink Efficiency, expressed as a percentage