User guide
8 Chapter 1: Introduction
AirMagnet Spectrum XT User Guide
Supported Wireless Network Adapters
An AirMagnet-supported wireless network adapter is required in order to capture and
display WiFi data in AirMagnet Spectrum XT. For a complete, up-to-date listing of
AirMagnet-supported wireless adapters, visit http://www.airmagnet.com/support/
supported_adapters/
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AirMagnet Spectrum XT on Fluke Networks Optiview INA
Fluke Networks’ OptiView® Integrated Network Analyzer is a powerful, portable, all-in-one
network analysis solution that provides the vision and capabilities to help you deploy new
technologies and applications, manage and validate infrastructure changes, solve network
and application performance issues, as well as secure the network from internal threats.
Today’s networks may be more stable, but certainly not static. Management and users are
constantly demanding new technologies, new services, and better performance which
inevitably require infrastructure changes, deployment of new, emerging applications, and
dealing with security issues. In the midst of all this, you need to control IT costs and minimize
disruption to your organization. That means you need to be able to clearly see all aspects of
your network to accurately assess the overall impact. The more your network changes, the
more you will need to improve visibility and control.
The OptiView analyzer improves your visibility into your 10/100/1000 copper and optical
networks through:
• Advanced discovery techniques – Automatically begins to discover devices on the
network e.g., switches, routers, wireless controllers, VoIP devices. IT staff can
immediately see what’s on the network and problems associated with those devices.
• Traffic analysis – Provides real-time statistics for traffic on the wire enabling the user
to understand how the network resources are being used.
• Application traffic analysis – Automatically discover all IPv4 and IPv6 protocols and
sub protocols from layer 1 – 7 enabling IT staff to identify applications utilizing link
bandwidth as well as top hosts and conversations.
You can expand the power of the OptiView analyzer by adding visibility into your local
802.11abgn networks with AirMagnet® WiFi Analyzer PRO, Survey PRO, and AirMagnet
Spectrum XT products.