Observer User Manual Addendum 802.11b Wireless Installation & Operation

Observer® Software and Wireless LANs
14 Observer User Manual Addendum (Wireless)
Wireless Speeds
This tab shows details of signal strength, quality, the overall rate and data
rate, as well as the packet distributions for different rates. As with all of the
statistical displays in Observer, you can configure the mode to display only
the statistics that you are currently interested in by right-clicking on the
column headers.
Wireless Latest
This tab shows the strength, quality, and speed of the wireless network, as
seen at the last poll, as opposed to the other Top Talker displays, which
present running averages.
Statistic Description
Alias Alias of the Top Talker system, if one is available.
Address Media Access Control (MAC) address, i.e., the “hardware address.”
Packets The total number of packets sent by the system.
Avg Strength (%) The average strength of the signal, expressed as a percentage of
the optimum strength.
Avg Quality (%) The average signal-to-noise ratio of the signal, expressed as a per-
centage of the optimum.
Avg Data Rate The rate of data packets on the wireless network.
Avg speed The speed of all packets (data+control+management+beacon) on
the wireless network.
Util % The percentage of bandwidth utilized.
Pkt 1 The number of packets captured at 1Mbit/sec.
Pkt 2 The number of packets captured at 2Mbit/sec.
Pkt 5.5 The number of packets captured at 5.5Mbit/sec.
Pkt 11 The number of packets captured at 11Mbit/sec.