User guide

Introduction
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Alvarion
About BreezeNET Tools
The Alvarion BreezeNET software suite consists of a set of management tools
that enables you to:
! Display and modify the configuration of (remote) network components.
! Configure network components such as Base Stations.
! Diagnose the network performance and, if necessary, identify and solve
network errors.
! Manage and optimize network performance.
The Alvarion BreezeNET software suite consists of the following tools:
! Client Manager
! AP Manager
The Alvarion BreezeNET tools can be installed on stations that run the
Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0 or 2000 operating systems.
Client Manager
The Client Manager is a diagnostic tool to monitor wireless radio
communication between a wireless station and its Base Station, or to monitor
the link between two wireless stations in an independent network.
Furthermore it can be used as a site monitor to show the coverage of the
installed Base Station in a certain area.
NOTE:
The Alvarion BreezeNET products have been designed for interoperability with all other
wireless LAN products that use the direct sequence radio technology, as identified in the
IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LANs.
This means that your BreezeNET hardware will communicate with other vendors’ IEEE
802.11 or Wi-Fi compliant wireless LAN products.
However, you may not always be able to use the BreezeNET software suite in combination
with other vendors’ products, due to the following reasons:
The IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LANs does not identify standards for diagnostic
or management tools; i.e. each vendor may have designed a customized tool to
configure and/or manage the IEEE 802.11 wireless network.
The Alvarion BreezeNET software suite has been designed to offer an enhanced set of
tools to monitor and analyze a wide range of diagnostic tallies.
Some of these tools require additional functions in the hardware that (by default) is
supported by all Alvarion BreezeNET products, but may not be supported by the other
vendors’ products.