User's Manual

WLANPlanningWizard
3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide
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Chapter6 WLANPlanningWizard
WLANPlanningWizardisafeatureinPlannerthathelpsyouplanthelayoutasperyourrequirements.Thewizardhelps
youdefineobjectivesbyseekingyourinputsonWi‐Finetworkparameters.Plannerusesthesegivenparameterstomake
availablenumberofAPsrequiredonafloor,assigningchannelsto
them,andplacingthesameonthefloormap.Goto
ToolsÆWLANPlanning,orclick
ontheToolbartoopenthewizard.Plannerverifiesandvalidatesdetailslikedeviceson
thefloormapanddefinedareapolygonsbeforelaunchingthewizard.
Ifthelayouthasmanuallyplaceddevices,thenPlannerasksifyouwishtodeletethedevicesfromthelayout.Ifyouselect
<No
>,Plannerdoesnotdeletethedevices.However,theWLANPlanningWizarddoesnotconsiderthesedevicesforany
calculation.Italsopromptsyoutodefineareapolygonsbeforecontinuingwiththewizard.Thisisnotamandatorystep.
Planneralsodisplaysaninformationpop‐upaboutthesignificanceofdefining
areapolygons.Thepop‐upasksifyouwishto
drawtheareapolygon.
Figure 67. Defining Area Polygon: I-Pop-up
Definingtheareapolygonhelpsconfirmthatyouplaceallthedeviceswithintheareapolygonandnot outsideit.Click<Yes>
todrawtheareapolygon.Alternately,click<No>todiscardtheaction.
Recommended:Defineareapolygonsifyouhaveanirregularlyshapedlayout,asAPplacementsin
suchlayoutsmightnotbeasexpected.
Then,thewelcomescreenappears.
6.1 StepsinWLANPlanning
1 TheWelcometoWLANPlanningWorkflowscreenshowsthestepsintheWLANPlanningworkflow.