If The Tester Does Not Discover A Client; Locate An Access Point Or A Client - Fluke AIRCHECK User Manual

AirCheck Wi-Fi Tester
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If the Tester Does Not Discover a Client

In some situations, the tester will not discover a client:
• The wireless card in the client is disabled.
• The tester cannot hear the client because you are too
far away from the client.
• The tester cannot hear the client because the signal
cannot go through a wall or some other barrier.
•
There is too much interference on the channel that the
client uses. Select Channels to see the interference from
non-802.11 sources on the channel.
• The tester does not scan the band that the client uses.
See the setting in Tools > Manage 802.11 settings.
•
The client does not transmit a probe when the tester
listens to the channel that the client uses.
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Locate an Access Point or a Client

To locate an access point: Select Access Points, then use
1
 L
and to go to the Access Point Details screen
for the access point you want to locate.
To locate a client: From the home screen, select Clients.
Use  to highlight the client you want to locate.

Press Locate. Figure 23 shows the Locate Access
2
Point screen. Figure 24 shows the Locate Client screen.
Divide the area you want to search into four sections,
3
as shown in Figure 25. Go to one corner of the area.
Make a note of the signal strength.
4
Go to the other three corners of the area and make a
5
note of the signal strength at each corner.
Go to the first corner of the section that has the
6
strongest signal.
Do steps 4, 5, and 6 again until you find the access
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point or client.