User guide

viii Table of Contents
AirMagnet Spectrum XT User Guide
Custom Signature During File Playback .....................................................................................................60
Chapter 6: Analyzing Spectrum Data....................................................................................................................61
Chapter Summary...........................................................................................................................................................61
Spectrum Graph Options...............................................................................................................................................61
Real Time FFT..................................................................................................................................................................62
Channel Duty Cycle Overlay on FFT Graph ..............................................................................................64
Setting FFT Graph Parameters......................................................................................................................64
Spectrum Density Graph ...............................................................................................................................................67
Viewing AP Signal Strengths Across Frequency Range ...........................................................................68
Configuring Spectrum Density Plot Parameters........................................................................................68
Spectrogram Graph ........................................................................................................................................................71
Configuring Spectrogram Graph Parameters.............................................................................................71
Channel Power ................................................................................................................................................................73
Channel Power Types ....................................................................................................................................74
Configuring Channel Power Graph Parameters ........................................................................................74
Channel Duty Cycle........................................................................................................................................................76
Configuring Channel Duty Cycle Graph Parameters ...............................................................................77
Non-WiFi Devices...........................................................................................................................................................78
Event Spectrogram..........................................................................................................................................................80
Configuring Event Spectrogram...................................................................................................................80
Interference Power..........................................................................................................................................................81
Configuring the Interference Power Display..............................................................................................82
Channel Duty Cycle vs Time.........................................................................................................................................83
Configuring Channel Duty Cycle vs Time..................................................................................................84
Interference Power vs Time...........................................................................................................................................85
Configuring the Interference Power vs Time Graph .................................................................................86
BlueSweep Integration ...................................................................................................................................87
Additional Bluebooth Analysis.....................................................................................................87
Chapter 7: Analyzing WiFi Data ............................................................................................................................89
Chapter Summary...........................................................................................................................................................89
WiFi Graph Options .......................................................................................................................................................89
WiFi Devices Graph........................................................................................................................................................90
AP Signal Strength Graph .............................................................................................................................................92
Channel Occupancy Graph ...........................................................................................................................................94
Channels by Speed..........................................................................................................................................................95
Channels by Media .........................................................................................................................................................96
Channels by Address......................................................................................................................................................97
Channel Utilization.........................................................................................................................................................99
Top 10 APs by Speed ....................................................................................................................................................100
Top 10 Active APs' Retry/CRC ..................................................................................................................................101