Network View Navigation; Overlays; Display Menu - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Network View Navigation

When viewing a floor plan in Network View, the top-level menu changes to Overlays, Display, and Edit toggles.

Overlays

Figure 191 Overlays Menu - Speed selected
The Overlays menu contains three common sections: Type, Floors, and Frequencies. Selecting options in these
sections can display additional menu sections that affect the data overlays on the floor plan you are viewing.
Type section
Heatmap - Evaluate coverage based on signal levels by providing the highest dBm (energy level) for all areas of
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a floor plan. When this option is selected, the Signal Cutoff drop-down menu displays.
Speed - Evaluate coverage based on xmit power of client by providing the highest data rate a user will receive
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for all areas of a floor plan. When this option is selected, the Client Transmit Power drop-down menu
displays. Additionally, a Rates interface appears with 54Mbps, 300Mbps, and 450Mbps.
Ch. Utilization - View how much airtime is used in the environment. Airtime usage is a good measure of how
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busy an area is. When you select this option, a new Data Set menu appears where you can select the Current
or Maximum Total, Receive, Transmit, or Interference information to display on the Floor Plan.
Sensor Coverage - Provides the farthest area which a sensor can hear. When this option is selected, the Client
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Transmit Power drop-down menu displays.
Voice - Provides color-coded overlay based on number of radios covering each grid cell based on the selected
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signal cutoff. When this option is selected, the Signal Cutoff drop-down menu displays.
Wired Range - Displays the distance an Ethernet cable can be pulled from an IDF. The max range is equal to
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300 feet minus 5 percent minus 1.1x the floor height.
Floors section
The Floors section shows the overlay information for adjacent floors to determine how the bleed through from
adjacent floors affects the viewed floor. Select all options to see all floors, or one or more of the following options:
Above - show the data from APs located on the floor above
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Current (default)
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Below - show the data from APs located on the floor below
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Frequencies section
Select the desired frequency from the following options:
5 GHz (lines are always green)
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2.4 GHz (lines are always blue)
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2.4 + 5 GHz (lines are yellow)
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Display Menu

Figure 192 Display Menu
Device Types section
Clients - Turns the display of wireless users on or off. Clients on the floor plan are indicated by the
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icon.