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?
Conducting a Site Survey Using AirMapper
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If your floor plan is not displayed, tap USB File to display
a list of files, and then select the floor plan file you want.
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(Optional) Tap Name to open a keyboard and edit the file
name.
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(Optional) Tap Dimensions to calibrate the floor plan.
This displays a joined pair of markers on the floor plan.
a. Move the markers to mark a line on the floor plan
that represents a known physical distance.
a. Tap Marker Distance to display a keyboard and
enter the physical distance between the markers.
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Tap the Back Button to return to the Add Floor Plan
screen.
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Tap Apply to display the Floor Plans screen.
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Select your floor plan from the list. This returns you to
the AirMapper Settings screen.
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Tap Signal Propagation to display a keyboard to enter a
value. This is an estimated radius of how far RF signals
can be detected from each collection point on the site.
The default is 20 feet (about 6 meters).
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Tap Apply. Your floor plan is now ready for use.
Conducting the Survey
After you apply any AirMapper Settings that you have
changed, you can begin the site survey. Before beginning, you
may want to have the following information for yourself (or
for any person conducting the survey for you remotely):
• A predetermined and systematic survey path through
the site that thoroughly covers all areas you want
included in the survey.
• The Signal Propagation distance so that the you know
approximately how far to go b
etween survey
measurements to have some reasonable overlap
between measurement areas.
To collect the survey data:
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Go to the place where you want to begin the survey.
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Tap Start on the main AirMapper screen.
3
Begin following your survey path through your site.
When you want to take a measurement, tap the floor
plan image at the point that corresponds to your physical
location. A red measurement area appears on the floor
plan while the AirCheck G2 gathers data. The area turns
green when the measurement is complete, and the point
of the measurement appears at the center (Figure 31).
(The size of each colorized area depends on the Signal
Propagation value used in the
AirMapper Settings.)