Compaq WL110 User Manual page 45

Customizing the Site Monitor Display
For specific purposes, you may wish to select one or more of the other
parameters as well, for example:
Display the signal level (Signal) and noise level (Noise) to determine the
cause of a poor level of SNR.
— A low signal level would indicate a "weak" radio signal, i.e. the Access
Point is almost 'out-of-range'.
— A high noise level would indicate a source of interference in the radio
path between your Client Manager station and the Access Point.
The SNR, signal level and noise level can be displayed as dynamic
indicators and/or numerical values in dBm.
(For the WL510 Access Point only) Display the MAC address of the
wireless cards in the WL510 Access Point. This option may be useful if:
— You are building the Access Point name list as described on "AP Names
Tab" on page5-13.
— Your network includes WL510 Access Points that have been equipped
with multiple WL110 PC Cards, and you wish to distinguish the cards
inserted into the Access Point specifically.
Selection Tab
The tab enables you to select another network, in situations where you
Selection
wish to:
Verify the presence of neighboring networks.
Determine whether such network might interfere with your network.
Which Access Points will be displayed when you start the site monitor tool is
actually determined by the configuration of the network name parameter on your
Client Manager station (
main Client Manager window). For example when the network name of your
Client Manager station is set to:
A specific Network Name - the station will:
— only connect to an infrastructure network identified by the same
network name when the station is powered up.
— display only the Access Points belonging to that network that are within
range of your Client Manager station.
"ANY" network - the monitoring station will:
— connect to the first "open" network it sees when the station is powered
up.
— display all Access Points belonging to that network that are within range
of your Client Manager station.
Edit/Add Configuration Profile
in the
Actions
Monitoring your 11Mbps Wireless LAN Network
menu of the
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