intelligent wlan planning, verification, and expansion

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InterpretAi r ™

WLAN Site Survey SoftwareIntelligent WLAN planning, verification, and expansion

Intelligent wireless LAN planning, simulation and verification

Easily plan, simulate, and verify wireless networks using graphic visualization

• Easilyandgraphicallysurvey802.11

a/b/g/nwirelessnetworks

• VisualizeNetworkHealthusingacustomi-

zablecombinationofperformanceparam-

eters

• QuicklycreateWLANdesignsformulti-

floordeployments

• Discoverareasofsub-optimalcoverage

• FinetuneRFperformance

• EasilydocumentyourWLANenvironment

• IncludesGPSsupporttoquicklyconduct

outdoorsitesurveys

Site map

ImportaBMP,GIF,JPEGorPNGformatted

imagefileintotheInterpretAirapplication,

quicklycalibratemapscale,andbeginyour

sitesurveyinminutes.Collectreal-timeRF

metricstocreateanoverlayillustrationof

wirelesscoverageoveryoursitefloorplan.

Network health

InterpretAirsoftwaretakesRFsitesurvey

analysistoanewlevelbyenablingvisu-

alizationofmultiplemeasurementcriteria

inasingleview,simplifyinganalysisand

acceleratingdecisionmaking.Determinethe

performancemetricminimumandmaximum

valuesforvariablessuchassignalstrength,

signal-to-noiseratio,andAPoverlap.Create

multipleprofilesthatenableyoutovisualize

howyourWLANispositionedtosupport

variousapplicationssuchaswirelessVoice

overIPorvideo.InterpretAirsoftwarepro-

videsagraphicaloverlayoveryourfloor

planthatclearlyillustrateswhereactual

WLANperformancemeetsordoesnotmeet

youruniqueenvironmentalandperformance

criteria.

WLAN security

Throughthesitesurveyprocess,InterpretAir

softwareprovidesvisualizationofproduction

accesspoints,andenablesyoutovisually

identifyandlocaterogueandneighboring

accesspoints.

RFsignalsfromproductionaccesspoints

canpenetrateandextendWLANcoverage

beyondtheofficewalls.InterpretAirsoft-

wareenablesvisualizationofRFsignalsthat

InterpretAir provides wireless LAN

installers and network professionals

with the vision they need to plan,

deploy, verify, and document their

802.11a/b/g/n WLAN networks.

InterpretAir is a wireless site survey

tool and much more; it provides visu-

alization of Network Health metrics,

greatly simplifying WLAN environment

analysis and enabling performance

tuning. Discover where and why

WLAN network performance is sub-

optimal and take action; proactively

addressing problems that could affect

mobile application performance. Figure 1: InterpretAirsoftware’sNetworkHealth–showsareasoftheWLANwhichmeet/donotmeetuserrequirements

extendoutsideofyourfacility.Areyour

accesspointsconfiguredforencryption?

InterpretAirdiscoversandreportsaccess

pointsecurity.

Advanced planning and network simulation

Howwillthewirelessnetworkper-

form?SimulateWLANperformanceusing

InterpretAirsoftwarepriortoinstallingany

livewirelessLANequipment.Defineenvi-

ronmentalcharacteristics–suchaswall

constructionmaterials,accesspointpower

configuration,andantennaselection–to

viewhowsubtlechangesmayaffectWLAN

performancebeforeinstallingasingleaccess

point.

3D modeling of multi-floor buildings

WithInterpretAirsoftware’s3Dmodeling,

youcansimulatemulti-floorbuildingsand

visualizesignalbleedingfromonefloorto

thenext.First,definethefloorcharacter-

isticsandceilingheight.Next,define3

alignmentpoints,toproperlycorrelateone

floortoanother.PlaceanAPonafloorand

easilyseehowmuchofit’ssignalstrength

bleedstotheflooraboveorbelowallow-

ingyoutoseethetrueinteractionofyour

WLANinamulti-floorenvironment.

Figure 2: WLANsignalstrengthcoveragemap

Verification and reporting

WhatdidWLANcoveragelooklikewhen

youraccesspointswereinstalled?Doesthe

networkperformasplannedintheinitial

sitesurvey?Howdoescurrentperformance

compare?Physicalchangesintheenterprise

canaffectRFperformance.TheInterpretAir

softwareintegratedreportgeneratorauto-

maticallycreatescomprehensivesitesurvey

documentationthatcanberecalledfor

futureanalysisandcomparison.Reportsare

generatedinMicrosoft®Word,RTF,orPDF

formatsandeasilybeprintedoremailed.

802.11n support – Keeping up with WLAN evolution

WirelessLANsarebecomingmorecom-

plexwiththeintroductionof802.11n.

InterpretAirworkswithvariousoptional

WLANnetworkinterfacecardstofullysup-

port802.11a/b/g/nandprovidevisibility

andplanningcapabilitiesacross2.4GHzand

5GHzfrequencies.

Free trialInterpretAirisavailableforlimitedevaluationviaelectronicdownloadfromFlukeNetworks’websiteatwww.flukenetworks.com/interpretair Figure 3: Printedreportsample

System requirements:•OptiView®SeriesII/IIIIntegratedNetwork

Analyzerorlaptop/tabletcomputerwith

Pentium®IIIseriesprocessor

•OperatingSystem:Microsoft®Vista®

BusinessorUltimate,WindowsXP,

2000Professional/TabletPCEdition

•Minimum512MBRAM

•Minimum500MBharddrivespace

available

•One(supported)wirelessLANnetwork

interfacecard

•MinimumofoneWLANaccesspoint

forreal-timeanalysis

•Electronic(BMP,GIF,JPEGorPNG)

imagefileoffacilitytobesurveyed

•SupportedGPSdeviceforautomated

outdoorsitesurveys

Brand Model 802.11a 802.11b/g 802.11n CardBus Express Card

3COM® 3CRPAG175B X X X

3COM® 3CRWE15A72 X X

3COM® 3CRXJK10075 X X

Belkin® F6D3010 X X X

Cisco® CB-21AG X X X

D-Link® DWL-AG650 X X X

D-Link® DWL-AG660 X X X

D-Link® DWA-642 X X X

D-Link® DWA-643 X X X

D-Link® DWA-645 X X X

D-Link® DWA-652 X X X

D-Link® DWL-G650,RevisionsB5,C3,C4

X X

Ekahau™ NIC-54 X X X

Ekahau™ NIC-300 X X X X

FlukeNetworks

FNET-WCARDWirelessNetworkAdapter

X X X

FlukeNetworks

802.11a/b/g/nWirelessNetworkAnalyzer

X X X X

I-ODATA WN-WAG/CBH X X X

LANCOM® AirLancer®MC-54ag X X X

Linksys® WPC55AG,v1.1,v1.3 X X X

NEC® Aterm®WL300NC X X X X

NEC® AtermWL54SC X X X

NetGear® WAG511 X X X

NetGear® WAG511v2 X X X

NetGear® WG511U X X X

NortelNetworks

2202 X X X

Proxim ORiNOCO®8480 X X X

SMC® EZConnect™UniversalSMC2336W-AG

X X X

TP-Link® TL-WN610G(802.11gonly)

X X

Ubiquiti SRX X X X

Ubiquiti SRC X X X

Supported External Wi-Fi Adapters

Device Support (Wi-Fi Adapters & GPS)

InterpretAirWLANSiteSurveysoftwaresupportsthefollowing802.11Wi-Finetwork

adaptersforperformingsurveys.Youdonotneedawirelessnetworkadapterifyoudo

notwanttorecordsignaldata.

Ordering information

Model Description

INTERPRETAIR InterpretAirCDincludesapplicationsoftwareandusersmanual.

IA-AA WirelessSoftwareSuiteincluding:InterpretAirWLANSiteSurveysoftwareandAnalyzeAir™Wi-FiSpectrumAnalyzer

OPVS3-WLESS OptiViewWLANSuiteincludes:OptiViewWirelessAnalysisOption802.11a/b/g/n,InterpretAirWLANSiteSurveySoftwareandAnalyzeAirWi-FiSpectrumAnalyzer

OPVS3-WLESS/C OptiViewWLANSuiteincludes:OptiViewWirelessAnalysisOption802.11a/b/g/n,CiscoWLANInfrastructureAnalysisOption,InterpretAirWLANSiteSurveySoftwareandAnalyzeAirWi-FiSpectrumAnalyzer

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N E T W O R K S U P E R V I S I O N

Brand Model

Intel Centrino2200BG

Intel Centrino2915ABG

Intel Centrino3945ABG

Supported Integrated Wi-Fi Adapters

Caution

Laptops with the built-in Intel® Centrino® Wi-Fi chipset can be used for site surveys.

However, since their measurement accuracy and network scanning speed is not optimal

for site surveys, you should use a third-party network adapter for site survey measure-

ments.

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YouneedaGPSreceivertousetheGPSsurveyfeature.InterpretAirsoftwaresupports

followingGPSreceivers:

•Bluetooth®GPSdevicesthatsupportNMEA

•USBGPSdevicesthatsupportNMEA,Garmin™protocol,orTrimble®TAIP

•NetworkconnectedGPSdevices(usuallyusingTCP/IPorUDP),thatsupportsTAIPNMEA

•GPSdevicesconnectedtoPC-CARDthatsupportsNMEA

•GPSdevicesthatareconnectedtoanRS-232port,thatsupportNMEA,GarminTAIP

GPSNavigatorsaretypicallynotsupported,eveniftheyhaveaUSBconnection

Supported GPS Receivers