This section will help you get a grip on your WLAN performance management and provides you with information on analyzers, WLAN signal strength and antennas.
Unifying
WLAN and LAN analysis
A look
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at the requirements of a unified WLAN/LAN analysis tool.
Moving
freely between WLAN access points
802.11 wireless stations frequently move from one wireless AP to another within the same Extended
Service Set. See why this process can be transparent or frustratingly disruptive.
Managing
Wi-Fi stations
Discover the options your company has to centrally define, configure, monitor, and enforce wireless
station settings.
Understanding
WLAN signal strength
Learn how to predict, measure, and improve wireless LAN signal strength.
Check
IT List: Managing wireless networks
Networking expert Ed Tittel shares his wisdom concerning wireless networks and how to tailor one to
your SMB.
Omni
directional Wi-Fi antenna
Lisa Phifer shares her wisdom about omni directional antennas.
Understanding
wireless antennas - part 1
Learn how upgraded antennas can improve performance, reach and security.
Understanding
wireless antennas - part 2
This tip will help you to visualize what after-market antennas can do, and how they might benefit
your WLAN.
Measuring
your wireless network's range
Why you should measure your wireless network's range and some tools to help.
Managing
your wireless spending
Discover how to get a handle on your wireless spending.
Wireless
LAN roaming
ITKnowledge Exchange member "benbje" wanted to know how to set up a wireless LAN so his client
could move between access points and not lose connectivity; fellow techies jumped in on the
conversation and helped out. Here is a portion of the conversation.
Chapter download
Using
wireless LAN protocol analyzers (PDF)
This chapter of the book CWAP Certified Wireless Analysis Professional Official Study Guide focuses
on operation of items specified by the 802.11 series of standards for the physical layer. These
items will include the PLCP and PMD sublayers, management layer entities, and generic management
primitives. An in-depth understanding of how the physical layer operates and how it interfaces with
the MAC layer is vitally important to the analyst's understanding of information gathered by a
wireless protocol analyzer.
This was first published in September 2005