Planning The Nortel Wlan 2300 System - Nortel 2350 Reference Manual

Planning the Nortel WLAN
2300 System
RF Planning Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Creating or Modifying a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Creating or Modifying Buildings in a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Creating or Modifying Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Importing or Drawing Floor Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Specifying the RF Characteristics of a Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Defining Wireless Coverage Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Placing Third-Party Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Placing Installed and Auto-Configured APs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Computing AP Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Verifying the Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Generating RF Network Design Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Note. You can import floor plans and create coverage areas even if you do not install a
planning license. However, a planning license is required to create RF obstacles, compute
and place equipment, assign radio channels, and optimize power settings. To request and
install a license, see
Note. The RF Planning software does not support outdoor installations. Results obtained
do not compensate nor account for obstacles and characteristics typically associated with
outdoor environments. Nortel does not warrant or support any outdoor deployments or
installations of the WLAN 2300 system implemented with the use of this tool.
"Serial Number and License Key" (page
Nortel WLAN-Management Software 2300 Series Reference Guide

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