D-Link DWS-4026 [650/741] Visualizing the wireless network

VisualizingtheWirelessNetwork

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

November2011 Page650

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

VisualizingtheWirelessNetwork

TheWLANVisualizationcomponentisanoptionalfeaturethatgraphicallyshowsinformationaboutthe

wirelessnetwork.WLANVisualizationusesaJavaapplettodisplayswitches,APs,andassociatedwireless

clients.TheWLANVisualizationtoolcanhelpyouvisualizewheretheAPsandclientsareinrelationshiptothe

building.

Thissectioncontainsth

efollowingsubsectionstohelpyoumanagetheWLANVisualizationcomponentofthe

D‐LinkUnifiedSwitch:

• WLANVisualizationOverview

• ImportingandConfiguringaBackgroundImage

• SettingUptheGraph

• CheckingtheLocationofanAPorClient

• UnderstandingtheMenuOptionsandIcons

• ViewingComponentInformation

WLANVisualizationOverview

Figure420showsanexampleofafloorplanwithaDWS‐4000SeriesswitchthathasthreemanagedAPs.The

figurealsoshowsapeerswitch,arogueAPandclient,andsev eralunknownAPs.TheDeviceLocationfeature

hasbeentriggeredandhaslocatedtheprobablelocationofadevice.

gure420:SampleWLANVisualization