D-Link DWS-4026 [651/741] Importing and configuring a background image

VisualizingtheWirelessNetwork

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

November2011 Page651

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

Youcanuploadoneormorecustomimagestocreateabackgroundforthegraph.Then,youcanusetheDevice

Locatorfeaturetocheckthelocationofwirelessdevicesandprovidetheapproximatelocationofthedevice

onthegraph.Anotheroptionistomanuallygraphthecomponentsbydraggingth

eMACaddressofthe

discovereddevicefromtheleftsideofthewindow,whichcontainsungraphedcomponents,toitslocationon

thegraph.

Right‐clickinganobjectontheWLANVisualizationgraphprovidesaccesstoinformationabouttheobjectand

providesoneormorelinkstoconfigurationpagesontheWe

binterface.ThegoalofWLANVisualizationisto

helpprovidearealisticrepresentationofyourwirelessnetworkandallowyoutohavereal‐timeaccessto

informationaboutdiscovereddevices.

ImportingandConfiguringaBackgroundImage

Bydefault,theWLANVisualizationgraphdoesnothaveabackgroundimage.Youcanuploadoneormore

images,suchasyourofficefloorplan,toprovideasitecontextandsiterelatedinformation.Youcanuploadup

to16imageswithatotalsizelimitof1MB.

Imagesthatyouup

loadshouldbeinoneofthefollowingtwofileformats:

•GIF(GraphicsInterchangeFormat)

•JPG(JointPhotographicExpertsGroup)

Additionally,D‐LinkrecommendsthatyoudonotusecolorimagessincetheWLANcomponentsmightnot

showupaswell.

Toloadanimageontotheswitchtouseasabackg

roundfortheWLANVisualizationgraph,usethefollowing

procedures:

1. ClickWLANVisualization>DownloadImage.

2. ClickBrowsetonavigatetothefilelocation.

3. SelectthefiletouploadandclickStartFileTransfer.

Onceyouuploadanimagefileandsavetherunningconfiguration,theimageremainsonthesw

itchandyou

canassignittoanexistinggraphusingtheWLANVisualizationapplication.

Note:YoucanlaunchtheWLANVisualizationtoolonlyfromtheclustercontroller.