User guide

AirMagnet Spectrum XT User Guide
Chapter 3: AirMagnet Spectrum XT User Interface 27
Figure 3-7: WiFi graph options
An AirMagnet-supported external wireless network adapter is required to view all options in
WiFi Graphs. Otherwise, you will find some options showing limited static data while others
simply being disabled.
In the upper-right corner of each graph is a (Help) button. Clicking this button will bring
up the AirMagnet Spectrum XT’s online help page relevant to the graph. For all spectrum
graphs, there is also a (Chart Configuration) button that allow you to set or change
certain parameters in the graph.
Channel Scan Indicator
The channel scan indicator which appears in the lower left-hand corner of the screen is
available only when AirMagnet Spectrum XT is operated with a supported external wireless
network adapter simultaneously with the spectrum adapter. It shows in real time the 802.11
channels that the wireless network adapter has been scanning. The channels that are scanned
vary, depending on the 802.11 radio band in use.
If no external wireless network adapter is used, AirMagnet Spectrum XT will still gather limited
amounds of WiFi data from Windows Wireless Configuration. This status will be indicated by a
message in the bottom-left corner of the screen: “Dynamic WiFi data collected from Windows
Wireless Configuration”.