Connection Quality - Nortel BayStack 650 User Manual

You should do an initial site survey and evaluate the results with the Site Survey
utility. The Site Survey utility:
• Reports link quality between the laptop computer and the access point
• Verifies wireless link quality and helps you make adjustments to minimize
interference due to building structure (materials) or other radio devices
• Allows a laptop computer to roam and select access points with the best
performance
• Can be used during normal operation to monitor link quality, utilization, and

connection quality

• Provides a list of access points within range that are set to the same SSID
The PC card must be installed on your laptop computer before performing a site
survey. The access point does not have to be connected to a wired network.
To perform a site survey, make a list of key locations within a BSA, record the
link quality at each one, and then save the survey in a file. Repeat this process for
each BSA surveyed. Later, open the file in Site Survey or with a spreadsheet.
Or print the survey using the Site Survey utility.
The Site Survey utility provides the commands described in Table 3-2.
Table 3-2.
Menu
File
Survey
Tools
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Site Survey Utility Menus and Commands
Command Description
New Creates a new site survey.
Open Opens an existing site survey.
Save Saves the existing site survey.
Save As... Saves a site survey as a different name.
Print... Prints the existing site survey.
Exits Exits the Site Survey utility.
Clear All Clears any site survey information listed in the Site Survey
list.
Next Opens the next site survey listed in site survey list.
Remove Removes a site survey listed in site survey list.
Record Records a site survey listed in site survey list.
Access Point Opens the Access Point Coverage Estimate dialog box
Coverage (Figure 3-7) to help determine access point coverage.
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