User's Manual Part 2

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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
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Appendix F Performing a Site Survey
Using Active Mode
Step 4 When you click the Stop button or when the Percent Complete reaches 100%, the active mode changes
back to the passive mode.
Step 5 Click OK or Cancel to exit the site survey application.
Overall Link Quality The client adapter’s ability to communicate with the access point.
Value: Not Associated, Poor, Fair, Good, Excellent
Note This setting appears only if you selected signal strength to
be displayed as a percentage. See the “Specifying Signal
Strength Units” section on page F-3 for information.
Signal To Noise Ratio The difference between the signal strength and the noise level.
The higher the value, the better the client adapter’s ability to
communicate with the access point.
Range: 0 to 90 dB
Note This setting appears only if you selected signal strength to
be displayed in dBm. See the “Specifying Signal Strength
Units” section on page F-3 for information.
Associated Access Point The access point to which your client adapter is associated. It is
shown only if the access point was configured with a name and
the client adapter is in infrastructure mode.
Access Point IP Address The IP address of the access point to which your client adapter is
associated. It is shown only if the access point was configured
with an IP address and the client adapter is in infrastructure mode.
Channel (Frequency) The frequency that your client adapter is currently using as the
channel for communications.
Value: Dependent on client adapter radio and regulatory
domain
Percent Complete The percentage of packets that have been transmitted based on the
number specified in the Number of Packets field.
Percent Successful The percentage of packets that were transmitted successfully.
The Percent Successful histogram provides a visual interpretation
of the percentage of packets that are not lost. The value you set
for the Percent Success Threshold is indicated by the red line.
Percentages greater than or equal to this value are displayed as
green bars; percentages below this value are displayed as yellow
bars.
Note Refer to the Percent Success Threshold parameter in
Table F-2 for more information.
Lost To Target The number of packets that were not transmitted successfully to
the access point.
Lost To Source The number of packets that were not received successfully from
the access point.
Table F-3 Site Survey Active Mode Statistics (continued)
Statistic Description