The Site Survey utility Area menu contains New, Select, Clear Log Contents, Edit Notes, Run ICMP Test, and Run WNMP Test menu items.
Use the menu items to create and edit a site survey area, view the settings of a survey area, clear a site survey log, edit or delete notes in a survey log, and start and stop ICMP and WNMP tests.
Select New in the Area menu to display a Site Survey Area dialog box. Use the Site Survey dialog box for entering a survey area name and description. If a workspace is already open, you are prompted to save the existing workspace. Click OK to display the new workspace name.
Click Select in the Area menu to display the Site Survey Area List dialog box. Use the Site Survey Area List dialog box to display a list and description of survey areas. Select an area and click Edit Area to display the Site Survey Area dialog box. Add new tests and survey area descriptions as needed. Click OK to save the changes to the site survey workspace. Click Delete to remove the area from the current site survey workspace.
Use the Clear Log Contents option to delete the log contents for the active survey workspace.
Select Edit Note in the Area menu to display the notes file for the active survey area. Use the Edit Note option to edit or delete the survey test notes entered for the active survey workspace.
Select Run ICMP Test or Run WNMP Test in the Area menu to display the Site Survey Test dialog box.
Use the Site Survey Test dialog box to specify ICMP or WNMP test parameters. ICMP and WNMP tests are ping tests assessing radio transmission roundtrip, delay time and transmission signal strength.
Use the Site Survey Test dialog box to set the following ICMP or WNMP test parameters:
the Access Point field of the Site Survey Test dialog box lists the associated AP. Choose a different access point from the list of available APs by clicking the ellipsis (...) button.
Use the Test pull-down menu to list the tests defined for the active survey area. Use the ellipsis button to open a dialog box or entering new test settings.
Use the Test Statistics field of the Site Survey Test dialog box to view the total ping roundtrip time, the number of tests remaining in the run, the number of test runs remaining, and the ping test transmit data rate.
Four graphs on the bottom of the Site Survey Test dialog box display an average roundtrip time, missed beacon percentage, retry percentage, and threshold percentage. Bounds (thresholds) set in the Meter Settings property page establish the limits for the variables in the graphs.
Use the Results List Box to view ping count, errors, retry percentage, roundtrip time, and missed beacons values. Scroll backward or forward in the list. The list displays the last test suite run.
Click Start to begin the ICMP or WNMP test. Once started, the Start button changes to a Stop button.
Click Edit Note to display a dialog box for entering notes for the test. Each note is added to the log file.
Use the Clear List button in Site Survey Test dialog box the clear the results list box.
Click the Test Totals button within the Site Survey Test dialog box to display the Site Survey Totals dialog box.
Use the Site Survey Totals dialog box to display survey area final test results, including test start time, total number of tests, total number of runs, total test roundtrip time, average test roundtrip time, and total number of timeouts. The two checkboxes indicate if the user cancelled the test run and whether the test was run to completion.
Open the New Test Settings dialog box by clicking the ellipsis button next to the Test pull-down menu in the Site Survey Test dialog box.
Use the New Test Settings dialog box to enter a test name, define test packet sizes, select a test ping count, enable the test Auto Rerun, Sounds and Logging features, change host address information and display the Settings property pages.
Use the Test Name field in the New Test Settings dialog box to enter the test for the active survey workspace.
Use the Packet Size field in the New Test Settings dialog box to enter a packet size for the ICMP or WNMP test.
Use the Ping Count field in the New Test Settings dialog box to type in a ping count value for the ICMP or WNMP test.
Use the Threshold field in the New Test Settings dialog box to type in threshold value for the ICMP or WNMP test.
The host address entered in the Settings Setup property page displays in the Host Address field. Change the host address value by typing it in.
Select the Auto Rerun option in the New Test Settings dialog box to enable the Auto Rerun test feature.
Select the Enable Sounds option in the New Test Settings dialog box to enable the Sounds feature.