User Manual
Table Of Contents
- User Manual
- LEGAL NOTIFICATION
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- 1. Introduction
- 2. AirCheck G2 Tester Physical Features
- 3. The AirCheck G2 Home Screen
- 4. Discovering Networks and Access Points
- 5. Viewing Channel Usage
- 6. Discovering Clients
- 7. Detecting Interferers
- 8. Using AutoTest to Diagnose Your Network Health
- 9. Conducting a Site Survey Using AirMapper
- 10. Testing Ethernet for Access Point Backhaul
- 11. Companion Services
- 12. Customizing the Tester for your Network
- 13. Verifying Connectivity and Coverage
- 14. Locating an Access Point, Client, or Interferer
- 15. Performing a Network Roaming Test and AP Range Test
- 16. Conducting iPerf Performance Testing
- 17. Saving Test Sessions, Packet Captures, and Screenshots
- 18. Managing Files on the AirCheck G2 Tester
- 19. All AirCheck G2 Settings
- 20. Maintenance
- 21. Specifications and Compliance
- Appendix A: Quick Reference: Examining your Network Health
- How is my Network Quality?
- What is in the Wireless Environment?
- Can Devices Connect to My Network?
- What is Causing Slow Network Performance or Dropped Connections?
- Are There Security Risks in My Network?
- Where is an Access Point?
- What Networks or Access Points Come into Range as I Move?
- How Can I Document My Network and My Test Session?
Viewing Channel Usage
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Illegal Channel Number: Invalid channels are
highlighted in red, according to the country selected in
Settings > Location Settings.
Overlap: Tap this button to open the Channels Overlap
screen, which displays a graphical representation of
channel width and overlap. See “The Channels Overlap
Screen,” page 25.
When you save a session, AirCheck G2 records the average
and the last channel utilizations (i.e., the total utilization,
802.11 utilization, and non-802.11 utilization) for each
channel in the session. These results are sent to AirCheck G2
Manager or Link-Live when you upload the session file.
Tap a channel’s column to zoom in on that channel in the
Select Channel screen.
NOTES:
• If the Combine Utiliz
ation setting is enabled in
Settings > 802.11 Settings, this screen does not
separate 802.11 and non-802.11 Utilization and
shows only a combined total Utilization.
• Channels that do not have access points can still
show 802.11 usage because of
overlap from access
points on adjacent channels.
• If there are too many APs to show i
ndividual dark
blue dots, the dots are truncated to leave space for
the correct number of APs to display above.
Refresh: Tap this icon to clear the current results
and restart channel scanning.
Caution
Tapping the Refresh button erases all
unsaved test results.
Save: Tap this button to save a session file
containing the discovery and test results that have
been collected since the AirCheck G2 last
refreshed. See “Saving Session Files and Packet
Captures,” page 95.