Viewing And Managing Heat Maps For Deployed Plans - NETGEAR ProSafe WC7520 Reference Manual

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Move the APs to optimize coverage in desired areas and avoid coverage in unwanted areas
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based on the floor plan.
Colored circles around the AP symbols indicate the expected approximate coverage of
the individual AP, and the color of the circle represents the expected quality of the signal
strength: a darker color indicates signal overlap with nearby APs. Moderate overlap is
required for seamless roaming. No overlap will lead to disconnections and dead spots
You can click an AP icon and drag it to manually reposition it to see how the new location
would affect the coverage. Click Cancel to undo any AP repositioning changes.
Use the Zoom slider to increase or decrease the size of the map.
Click Save to save the location map, or click Back to return to the Planning Buildings
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screen without savings changes to the location map.
For each floor, you can save one location map only. When you
Note:
modify and save the location map, the previously saved location
map is overwritten.

Viewing and Managing Heat Maps for Deployed Plans

A heat map lets you view in realtime, by wireless frequency band, the signal strength and
wireless coverage for a building floor. The heat map shows the actual signal strengths that
each AP is detecting from neighbor access points.
For the heat maps to work correctly, the access point placement on
Note:
the floor plan must closely match the actual physical location of the
access points.
The heat map shows the following information
Signal strength and wireless coverage, including coverage holes.
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Known access points that are managed by the wireless controller
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Location of rogue access points
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Location of clients associated with the access points
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Location of blacklisted clients
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