User's Manual Part 2

BETA DRAFT - CISCO CONFIDENTIAL
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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
OL-1394-03
Appendix F Performing a Site Survey
Using Active Mode
Destination Is Another
Cisco/Aironet Device
Selecting this checkbox indicates that the device you named in the
Destination MAC Address field is a Cisco Aironet access point (in
infrastructure mode) or client (in ad hoc mode). In this case, packets sent
to the client from the Cisco Aironet device contain additional information,
such as lost to source, lost to target, and percent retries, and this
information is displayed in the Site Survey - Active screen.
If the device specified in the Destination MAC Address field is not a
Cisco Aironet device, do not select this checkbox. In this case, the test
sends out loopback packets, which originate from and return to the
client adapter.
Default: Selected
Number of Packets The number of packets that will be sent during the test.
Range: 1 to 999
Default: 100
Packet Size The size of the packets that will be sent during the test. Select a size that
will be typical during normal system use.
Range: 30 to 1450
Default: 512
Data Retries The number of times a transmission will be retried if an
acknowledgment (Ack) is not returned by the destination device.
Default: None
Retry Value Description
None No retries will occur.
Default Retries The firmware’s default value for retries
(16) will be used.
Data Rate The bit rate at which packets will be transmitted. Rate shifting will not
occur during the test because the echo test built into the radio firmware
does not support it.
Value: 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps (2.4-GHz client adapters);
6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, or 54 Mbps (5-GHz client adapters)
Default: 11 Mbps (2.4-GHz client adapters);
54 Mbps (5-GHz client adapters)
Table F-2 Site Survey Active Mode Parameters (continued)
Parameter Description