Which Tool Should You Use - Compaq WL110 User Manual

Access Point of your choice and a station connected to the selected Access
Point.
The AP Manager tool can run on both wired stations (Ethernet) and wireless
stations. To run diagnostic measurements, the LAN administrator station must
be connected to the network infrastructure that allows the station to access the
Access Point using the TCP/IP protocol.

Which Tool Should You Use?

The decision whether to use the Client Manager or AP Manager largely depends
on your capabilities or desire to perform diagnostic measurements on-site, or
from a central location.
Both the Client Manager and the AP Manager offer logging functions that can
save measurement data for later evaluation or comparison with previous
measurements. You can view saved log files with any ASCII editor, or import
the data into standard spreadsheet or database applications.
Note: Alternatively you may use the AP Manager program to monitor wireless
performance of both wireless systems via Access Points (see "Remote
Link Test Window" on page 5-20).
The 11Mbps Wireless LAN products have been designed for
interoperability with all other wireless LAN products that use the direct
sequence radio technology, as identified in the IEEE 802.11 standard for
wireless LANs. Operating in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band, the 11Mbps
Wireless LAN system can transmit through walls and floors, giving you
the freedom to roam throughout the network while maintaining your
network connection.
This means that your 11Mbps Wireless LAN hardware will
communicate with other vendors' IEEE 802.11 compliant wireless LAN
products.
However, you may not always be able to use the 11Mbps Wireless LAN
software suite in combination with other vendors' products, due to the
following reasons:
Monitoring your 11Mbps Wireless LAN Network
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The IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LANs does not identify
standards for diagnostic or management tools; i.e. each vendor may
have designed a customized tool to configure and/or manage the
IEEE 802.11 wireless network.
The Compaq 11Mbps Wireless LAN software suite has been
designed to offer an enhanced set of tools to monitor and analyze a
wide range of diagnostic tallies.
Some of these tools require additional functions in the hardware that
(by default) is supported by all Compaq 11Mbps Wireless LAN
products, but may not be supported by the other vendors' products.