Using The Floor View Monitor - 3Com WX4400 Reference Manual

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Using the Floor
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Voice Monitoring with Traffic Views
3WXM 6.0 now includes monitoring functions which can assist with
voice deployments. QoS statistics, including per-queue Tx and Rx counts,
can be accessed through the Traffic Monitor dashboard, allowing you to
perform real-time monitoring of QoS on a specific radio or a specific
client.
Before implementing a wireless network, a floor plan is configured that
uses RF Planning and Location. You can select a MAP access point from
the Monitoring Equipment tree and display a floor map with that AP
selected.
From this view, you can generate visualizations of operational statistics
such as RSSI, re-transmits, SNR, and signal level to determine problem
areas.
To find an AP on the floor
1 Click on the Monitor option in the main 3WXM tool bar.
2 Expand the Site list tree in the Organizer panel and select the access point
you want to view.
3 3WXM automatically opens the Floor View panel, displaying a floor map
with the selected access point highlighted.
4 Select a statistic from the Task panel to generate a topographical
visualization of that data. (If you choose the RF Interference, High
Utilization, or Coverage Hole options and re-transmit rates within the
depicted area do not exceed 10% of total network bytes, 3WXM displays
a message dialog instead of generating a visualization.)
In the example below, the selected access point is highlighted and RSSI
for the coverage area is depicted in the Floor Viewer.