Using The Ap Manager; Monitoring Options - Compaq WL110 User Manual

Your Client Manager station is "out-of-range" of the Access Points that you
wish to monitor. Typically the values for signal level and SNR are '0'
(zero).
A configuration mismatch of your Client Manager station, for example:
— Your Client Manager station uses a specific network name that does not
match the name of the infrastructure that you wish to monitor.
— Your Client Manager station uses the network name "ANY", and when
it was powered up, the station erroneously connected to the Access Point
of a neighboring network because that Access Point provided the best
level of SNR.
The infrastructure that you wish to monitor has been "Closed" to wireless
IEEE 802.11 compliant devices that try to establish a radio connection
using:
— The network name "ANY", or
— A zero-string SSID (the equivalent of the network name "ANY").
When your Client Manager station uses the network name "ANY", you can use
the
Selection
page 5-11.
For more information on "open" and "closed" infrastructure networks, please
consult chapter 7 "Security".

Using the AP Manager

You can use the AP Manager to:
Display a standard set of SNMP variables to monitor general LAN traffic
performance in your network (see "Remote Statistics Tab" on pag e5-23).
Display remote link test measurements (see "Remote Link Test Window"
on page 5-20) between a (remote) Access Point of your choice and a
wireless station connected to the selected Access Point.
The AP Manager has been designed to monitor your network from a central
location (e.g. the LAN administrator station) enabling you to monitor wireless
performance in areas that can not easily be reached. For example: wireless
networks in remote locations.

Monitoring Options

The AP Manager program offers a variety of diagnostic options of which the
following two are the most relevant for standard users:
System information (see "System Information" on page 5-19)
Remote link test (see "Remote Link Test Window" on pag e5-20)
Remote statistics (see "Remote Statistics Tab" on page 5-23)
tab to see other networks as described on "Selection Tab" on
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