Defining Wireless Coverage Areas; Creating A Wiring Closet - 3Com WX4400 Reference Manual

Defining Wireless
Coverage Areas
Creating a Wiring
Closet
You must define which areas of your enterprise require wireless network
coverage. In 3WXM, you plan for both coverage and capacity
requirements in a particular area on the floor. Capacity requirements are
determined by the number of users in the area and the amount of
wireless network bandwidth desired for every user.
The floor of a building can contain multiple coverage areas if several
groups of users on the floor require different bandwidth. For example, an
engineering department might have its own coverage area to
accommodate a need for higher bandwidth, but the rest of the floor
might be planned for general use with lower bandwidth requirements.
You must also identify the wireless technology required (802.11a or
802.11b/g) for coverage areas. For areas requiring multiple wireless
technologies, two completely overlapping coverage areas are
created—one for 802.11a and one for 802.11b/g.
You define coverage by creating the following items:
Wiring closets (at least one is required if you plan to install directly
connected MAPs). See "Creating a Wiring Closet" on page 117.
Coverage areas (required). See "Defining a Coverage Area" on
page 119.
RF measurement points (optional). See "Showing RF Coverage" on
page 157.
Third-party access points (optional).
A wiring closet is a room that contains networking devices, such as
switches. If you have an existing wiring closet, you can draw it on the
floor layout.
If you have previously installed WX switches and defined them in 3WXM,
you can place them in the wiring closet and specify them as switches to
be used when 3WXM calculates how many MAP access points are
required. If you do not have any WX switches placed in the wiring closet,
3WXM automatically creates and configures the switches that are
needed.

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