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c. Select an access point
d. Select an IP address
e. Select the number of bytes to be downloaded/uploaded
f. Select the number of repetitions
g. Select the client’s IP address policy:
i. DHCP in use (1)
ii. Static address (0) – enter address data
5. Select “Keep changes”
6. Select “Save all changes”
17.9.2 Use case: Multiple SSID testing
There are two ways to achieve testing on multiple networks on one single monitoring station.
The first is based on element copying (the previous paragraph) and the other is using copies of
essid objects.
Using copies of elements may be burdensome at the configuration time but gives control over
the test order. By copying one single element (test type) to be sequentially tested on different
wlans produces the following sample profile:
1. FTP on Wlan1
2. FTP on Wlan2
3. FTP on Wlan3
4. Spectrum
5. MOS on Wlan1
6. MOS on Wlan2
7. MOS on Wlan3
8. Scan
The other approach is the create a simple test sequence as essid and then duplicate the essid
object and make the duplicates to point to different wlans. The resulting sample test profile
would be similar to the following:
1. FTP on Wlan1
2. MOS on Wlan1
3. Spectrum
4. FTP on Wlan2
5. MOS on Wlan2
6. Scan
7. FTP on Wlan3
8. MOS on Wlan3
Please observe that in the latter approach the measurements on a single wlan network shall
be sparser temporally. While individual tests shall happen on roughly the same time interval,
the distribution of the samples per network differs a great deal on these two approaches.
When planning the test cycles, one should bear in mind:
• The more tests there are in the sequence, the bigger the difference in sample
distribution.
• The more networks, the less samples for individual networks.