User's Manual

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7signal Sapphire Carat Carat User Guide Release 3.1
13 ACCESS POINT INFORMATION
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unknown access point (unwanted state)
known access point (in the coverage area but outside administrative domain)
own access point (in administrative domain)
managed access point (target to a monitoring station, in administrative domain)
The access point information can be displayed by right-clicking the access point in the Network
topology and selecting “Access Point Info.” The information includes the following:
• Access point name
• Alias
• Description
• The managing Eye (i.e., the Eye that performs the tests)
• Related Eyes
• ESSID
• Access point type
• The antenna used by the Eye to monitor the access point
• Network
• MAC address
• Alarm limit
• SLA Group
• Encryption
• Beacon Interval
• Country Code
• Environment
• Capabilities
• Channel and channel change history
• legacy bitrates and changes in those
• 802.11n MCS Indexes
• 802.11n HT Capabilities
• 802.11n seconadary Channel
• 802.11n Control Channel
• 802.11n HT Parameters
• WMM Category: Best Effort
• WMM Category: Background
• WMM Category: Video
• WMM Category: Voice
13.1 Replacing Access Points
7signal Sapphire saves all access points it has noticed. The changes in the hardware may be
due removal of existing hardware or because of extensions of the current network. These
cases are handled by inactivation of the removed access points or scanning and saving the new
ones.
The hardware replacements require a different approach. The new equipment shall have new
MAC addresses and this causes a discontinuity in the measurements as it is considered a new
access point in the target network. If this is not the intention and the new equipment should
totally replace an access point that was previously in Managed more, 7signal Sapphire must be
informed.