D-Link DWS-4026 [635/741] Locating wlan devices

LocatingWLANDevices

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page635

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

LocatingWLANDevices

TheDeviceLocationfeaturecanhelpyouphysicallylocateAPsandotherWLANdeviceswithinthewireless

system.Thefeaturecanhelplocatedevicesthatareindifferentbuildingswithinacampusenvironmentand

onmultiplefloorswithinabuilding.Tocomputetheprobablelocationofadevicewithinthewirelessnetw

ork,

thewirelesssystemusesatriangulationalgorithm.ThelocationcomputationisperformedbytheCluster

Controllerswitch.

YoucanconfigurefloorandbuildinginformationbyusingthepageswithintheDeviceLocationfolderorby

usingtheWLANVisualizationtool.Bydefault,theWLANVisualizationtoolcontinuouslypollstheswitchto

main

tainanup‐to‐dateviewofthewirelessnetworkandpushesanyconfigurationchangestotheswitch.

YoucanusetheWLANVisualizationtooltotriggerthelocationsearchandtodisplaythecomputedprobability

map.

ManagedAPLocation

ThepagesavailablefromtheManagedAPLocationlinkallowyoutodefinethebuildingsandfloorsthatmake

upthewirelessnetwork.YoucanalsomanuallyentercoordinatesfortheAPlocationsineachbuildingand

floor.

Building

Wirelessnetworksareoftendeployedincampusenvironmentsthatincludemultiplebui ldings.Usethe

Buil dingpagetodefinethebuildingswhereAPsaredeployed.

Figure409:Building

Note:D‐Linkrecommendsthatyoudonotattempttoconfigurelocationinformationbyusingthe

switchUIandtheWLANVisualizationatthesametime.