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Observer® Software and Wireless LANs
Wireless Speeds
This tab shows details of signal strength, quality, the overall rate and data
rate, as well as the packet distributions for different rates. As with all of the
statistical displays in Observer, you can configure the mode to display only
the statistics that you are currently interested in by right-clicking on the
column headers.
Statistic
Alias
Address
Packets
Avg Strength (%)
Avg Quality (%)
Avg Data Rate
Avg speed
Util %
Pkt 1
Pkt 2
Pkt 5.5
Pkt 11
Wireless Latest
This tab shows the strength, quality, and speed of the wireless network, as
seen at the last poll, as opposed to the other Top Talker displays, which
present running averages.
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Description
Alias of the Top Talker system, if one is available.
Media Access Control (MAC) address, i.e., the "hardware address."
The total number of packets sent by the system.
The average strength of the signal, expressed as a percentage of
the optimum strength.
The average signal-to-noise ratio of the signal, expressed as a per-
centage of the optimum.
The rate of data packets on the wireless network.
The speed of all packets (data+control+management+beacon) on
the wireless network.
The percentage of bandwidth utilized.
The number of packets captured at 1Mbit/sec.
The number of packets captured at 2Mbit/sec.
The number of packets captured at 5.5Mbit/sec.
The number of packets captured at 11Mbit/sec.
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