User's Manual

WLANPlanningWizard
3Com®AirProtectPlannerUserGuide
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onthefloorcanconnectwithatleastthespecifieddatarate.
Figure 73. WLAN Planning – Coverage Planning
• APModel:DisplaystheAPModel.
• TheAPPropertiestabledisplaystheActiveProtocol.Enterthefollowingdetails:
¾ MinimumDataRate(Mbps):Selecttheminimumdatarateforthecurrentactiveprotocolsfromthedrop‐down
list.Thelistcontainsavailableandapplicabledataratesfortheactive
protocolsetforeachradiointheDevice
Selectionstep.
Note:IfyouhaveselectedthesameactiveprotocolformorethanoneradiointheDeviceSelectionscreen,Plannerdisplaysonlyone
commonrowinthetableintheabovescreen.
Plannerderivesthedataratefor802.11ndevicesfromthechannelwidthandguardintervalvalues.
TheWLANPlanningWizard:CoveragePlanningSummaryscreenappears.
Figure 74. Coverage Planning Summary
TheCoveragePlanningSummaryscreengivesyouasummaryofthecoverage‐focusedplanasperyourrequirementsand