3Com Megahertz
Site Survey Administrator Guide
Navigating the View Menu 

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Navigating the View Menu

The Site Survey utility View menu contains Adapter Info, Areas, Known APs, Noise Meter, and Signal Quality pull-down menus.

Use the pull-down menus to view AirConnect WLAN adapter driver and firmware data, site survey areas, APs within range of a target AirConnect mobile device, or a graph depicting wireless client signal quality. You can also create a text file of the log file.

Viewing Adapter Info

Select Adapter Info in the View menu to display an Adapter Information dialog box. Use the Adapter Information dialog box to display AirConnect WLAN adapter driver and firmware version, adapter type and firmware type. The information is view only and cannot be modified.

Viewing Site Survey Area Info

Select Areas in the View 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.

Viewing Access Point Info

Select Known APs in the View menu to display APs in range of the target wireless client. Use the Known APs dialog box to view the AP BSSID, number of associated wireless clients, wireless client type, and status and data rate. An icon next to each AP indicates whether the AP is mandatory or preferred and if the AP is associated. A list of APs within range of the wireless client is also shown. Select an AP and right click to change the AP type to Mandatory or Roaming. Click the Rates button to display the Transmission Rates dialog box. Use the Transmission Rates dialog box to set the transmission rate to 1Mb, 2Mb, 5.5Mb or 11Mb. Checking multiple rates defaults the wireless client to a lower rate if the higher rate AP association cannot be established. At least one rate is required.

Viewing Mobile Unit Noise Info

Select Noise Meter in the View menu to display a graph of relative signal strength indicator (RSSI) values and channel numbers. Use the Noise Meter dialog box to view the wireless client BSSID and the RSSI minimum, maximum, and average values. The RSSI values displayed in the graph are continuously updated with the last 6 received values displayed in blue. Click Reset to reset the graph to zero and begin a new display as RSSI values are received.

Viewing Mobile Unit Signal Quality Info

Select Signal Quality in the View menu to display the percentage of missed beacons, the percentage of transmission retries and the percentage of CRC errors logged during the ping test. Use the Signal Quality dialog box to display the strength of the radio signal transmitted by an AP. This information is useful in determining if the trial site survey AP placement locations are effective for providing radio coverage to the proposed radio coverage area.