Enforcing Data Transfer Manually; Enforcing Data Transfer Using Server-Coupled Measurements; Starting A Local Ap Performance Server Session - Extreme Networks Summit WMScanner User Manual

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You can specify different ways to enforce data transfer by selecting an option in the "Data transfer
method". You can enforce data transfer either manually or by starting a AP Performance Server
measurement session.

Enforcing Data Transfer Manually

By selecting User Selected Application from the drop-down list you can start the data transfer you want.
Perform the following steps:
1 Ensure that the client is connected to the AP.
2 Start recording in the AP Performance mode.
3 Choose the WLAN adapter to start the local session.
4 Choose User Selected Application from the drop-down list to enforce data transfer. A dialog box
appears suggesting the user what type of data transfer to start.

Enforcing Data Transfer Using Server-Coupled Measurements

You can configure Summit WMScanner to run as a measurement server and client. This functionality is
known as AP Performance Server and is built into Summit WMScanner. You can use the measurement
server functionality:
To enforce data transfer between the AP and an associated laptop. The enforce data transfer
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generates network traffic. The network traffic allows you to capture network-level data such as
throughput, packet latency, and retry rates in addition to RSSI and noise.
When multiple copies of the software are set up to run on multiple portable computers such that one
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copy runs the measurement server functionality and others are used for measurements. In this
scenario Summit WMScanner copies on the measurement clients to connect to the measurement
server to collect measurement data at a centralized place.
To start the AP Performance Server measurement client, select the AP Performance Server option from
the Data transfer Method drop-down list. The AP Performance Server client – server combination
generates continuous network traffic over the AP – laptop link, which enables you to see link related
information in the Link tab. In addition, you can configure a AP Performance Server to generate varying
amount of traffic and measure statistics like throughput, latency, and jitter.
To enforce data transfer, you need to start a client - server session. You can start the session in the
following two ways:
By starting a local AP Performance Server and connecting client on the same laptop
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By starting a remote AP Performance Server and connecting a client from a different laptop
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Starting a Local AP Performance Server Session

As compared to starting a remote session, this method requires only one laptop. Perform the following
steps:
1 Ensure that the client is connected to AP.
2 Start recording in the AP Performance mode.
3 Choose the WLAN adapter to start the local session.
4 Choose AP Performance Server to enforce data transfer.
5 Click the Connect button on the Network tab.
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