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AirMagnet Spectrum XT User Guide
Chapter 4: Menus and Tools 29
Menus and Tools
Chapter 4:
Chapter Summary
This chapter discusses the menus and tools in AirMagnet Spectrum XT and ways to use them
to configure and manage the various parameters in AirMagnet Spectrum XT to better server
your needs. It covers the following topics:
• Selecting a radio band
• Adding additional graph views
• Managing data capture
• Configure General settings
• Creating a custom view option
• Deleting a custom view option
• Saving the current view
• Copying and pasting a graph to another application
• Saving a graph as an image file
Selecting a Radio Band
AirMagnet Spectrum XT can scan all available 802.11 radio bands. Each band covers certain
frequency range and channels. To enable the user to conduct more focused analysis of their
spectrum and WiFi environment, the application provides five band option as described in
Table 4-1.
Table 4-1: Radio Band, Frequency Range & Channel Coverage
Band Frequency Range (in GHz) Channel Coverage
2.4 GHz 2.402 ~ 2.494 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
5 GHz Lower 5.17 ~ 5.33 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64
5 GHz Middle 5.49 ~ 5.71 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136,
140
5 GHz Upper 5.735 ~ 5.835 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
4.9 GHz 4.91 ~ 4.99 184, 188,192, 196
Mixed All frequencies listed above
(except 4.9 GHz)
All channels listed above (except 4.9 GHz)