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Recommended test program 6
Nov 98
different places or try different antenna placement options to see if it affects your measurements. Place the
Access Point in the best location that produces the highest overall numbers for the area you want to cover.
Note: To get a stable read of the throughput for a specific position, load the directed link site survey tool and
let the wireless client sit for a period of time that you specify. Then take a note of the average packets/sec and
bytes/sec results. These will show an average value for each parameter over the time period for which the
directed link site survey was run. To benchmark the next location, simply exit using the “Done” button and
reenter the dialog to clear out previous test results and to reset the tool.
Recommended test program
Determining range
Before you determine the range of the products, you must first define what is meant by being in “range.” One
option is to pick a percentage of the throughput that you receive when the units are close to each other (10-20
ft). For example, say that the throughput is 100 kBytes/sec 20 feet away from the Access Point and you pick
less than 30% throughput as out of range. To determine range, you would walk away from the Access Point
until the throughput reached 30 kBytes/sec. One thing that might be helpful is to map an entire circle of range
and see how different materials affect the throughput.
When making range measurements, it is important to eliminate as many variables as possible so that you can
easily repeat your tests. In particular, all other wireless products should be off.