Using The Ap Manager - Cabletron Systems RoamAbout Access Point Manual

RoamAbout Access Point Manager

Using the AP Manager

You can manage Access Points individually or as a single group. You can group Access
Points based on any criteria, such as:
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All Access Points belonging to the same network are in one group. For example, have
one group for the Accounting network and one group for the Engineering network.
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To avoid confusion, you should have different groups for Access Points in an
infrastructure network and Access Points in a LAN-to-LAN configuration. Access
Points in these configurations are managed differently.
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If you have earlier releases of the RoamAbout Access Point, you can group non-802.11
compliant Access Points together, separate from the 802.11 Access Points.
The AP Manager saves each group in a configuration file (*.CFG). When you open a
configuration file, the Access Points in the group are displayed in the Managed List field
on the main window (see Figure 4-1). You can add or remove Access Points from the
configuration file. Click the Help button for a description of the AP Manager main window.
Chapter 5 contains the procedures to configure Access Points using the AP Manager.
Each time you open the AP Manager, the RoamAbout Access Point Managed List field
is blank. You need to open a file by clicking File in the menu bar, selecting Open, and
choosing a configuration file. All the Access Points in that group are displayed in the
Managed List field.
To display the settings that the Access Point is currently using, select the Access Point in
the Managed List field and click the various buttons, such as Wireless Parameters,
Operating Modes, IP Network Parameters, and Hardware. Click the Help button in
each dialog box for a description of the dialog box.
To check the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) between the Access Point and another device in
the same wireless network, select Integrity in the menu bar and select Link Test.
4-4 Installing the Wireless Network Tools