User's Manual Part 1

Chapter 3 Testing
Assessing WiFi performance throughout a site
WiFi Advisor Wireless LAN Analyzer User’s Guide
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Channels can “bleed over” into adjacent channels. The width of the signal (due to
RF considerations) can affect nearby channels, as shown in Figure 11.
Assessing WiFi performance throughout a site
The general procedure for a Site Assessment test is:
1 Place one WiFi Advisor in close proximity to where the Wireless Access
Point (or Residential Gateway) will be installed.
2 Take a second WiFi Advisor along with your iPad to the location where WiFi
performance is to be assessed. The test thoroughly evaluates WiFi perfor-
mance between the two locations.
3 Move to the next location of interest and repeat the test to the Access Point.
4 Continue until all locations of interest have been performance tested.
5 If desired, the test results are saved to the active job or work ticket or associ-
ated with a new job. (See the “Managing jobs” section for more details
regarding work flow with job / tickets).
The two-ended site assessment test includes the following features:
Figure 11 Spectral view of channel overlap