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1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALAruba RF PlanFor Windowsv2.0.3 User’s GuideTM180 Great Oaks Blvd. Ste BSan Jose, California 95119Net www.arubanetwork

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL2 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004About RF PlanThis section introduces the various featu

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 31/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALOverviewBuilding SpecificationThis section of the tool allows you to construct, import, or ex

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL4 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004z Use the Coverage model to configure the APs in your

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 51/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALAM ModelingThe AM Modeling page allows you to enter the information necessary to determine th

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL6 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004PlanningThe planning section of RF Plan allows you to

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 71/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALAP PlanThe AP Plan page brings it all together. Once you have given RF Plan information about

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL8 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Using RF PlanThis section describes each feature and f

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 91/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALFieldsz Information Fields–These fields are used only for displaying information. The data in

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL10 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Task OverviewBefore you begin take a minute to review

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 111/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALPlanning Your PlanYou should collect the following information before beginning to plan your

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALii Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004CopyrightCopyright © 1/22/04 Aruba Wireless Networks,

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL12 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Step-by-Step NavigationThree important buttons appear

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 131/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALBuilding ListThe Building list is the first page you see when you start RF Plan. This list c

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL14 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004The Overview view shows the default values for your n

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 151/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALNaming and Dimensioning Your BuildingNavigate to the Dimension view by clicking on the Build

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL16 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Building ID and Building NameEnter a building ID and

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 171/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALExport BuildingsThe Export Buildings page allows you to export the configuration of the WLAN

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL18 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004NOTE—Importing any other file, including XML files fr

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 191/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALOverlap FactorThe Overlap Factor is the amount of signal area overlap that you want when the

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL20 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Select the desired data rates from the pull-down menu

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 211/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALLaying Out FloorsGo to Planning > Floors to layout a particular floor. Select the floor y

Aruba RF Plan iiiv2.0.3 User’s Guide1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALTable of ContentsPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vRelated D

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL22 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Control FunctionsThe Planning page contains three con

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 231/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALNOTE—You will not see coverage circles displayed here until you have executed either an AP P

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL24 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004NamingYou may name the floor anything you choose as l

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 251/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALYou specify these areas by placing them on top of the background image using the Area Editor

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL26 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Don’t Deploy areas are displayed as yellow rectangles

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 271/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALLocationThe physical location of the AP is specified by X-Y coordinates beginning at the low

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL28 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004802.11 ChannelsThe 802.11a and 802.11b/g channel drop

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 291/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALAP PlanThe AP Plan feature uses the information entered in the modeling pages to locate acce

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL30 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Colored circles around the AP symbols on the floor pl

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 311/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALThe Suggested AP Table lists the coordinates, power, location, power setting, and channel fo

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1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL32 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Viewing the ResultsViewing the results of the AM Plan

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 331/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALRF Plan TutorialThis section will guide you through the process of creating a building and p

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL34 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Create A BuildingIn this section we will create a bui

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 351/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALModel the Access PointsYou will now determine how many access points are required to cover y

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL36 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Add and Edit a FloorYou will now add floor plans to y

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 371/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALClick Apply.You should see something like this:Repeat the process above for Floor 2.Click on

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL38 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Create A Don’t Care AreaGo back to the AP Planning pa

The Aruba RF Plan Tool 391/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALClick Save.Create A Don’t Deploy AreaClick the “New” link in the Areas box located below the

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIAL40 Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Running the AP PlanIn this section you will run the a

Preface v1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALPrefaceThis preface includes the following information:z A list of related documentation for further reading

1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALvi Aruba RF Plan Part 0500030-01v2.0.3 User’s Guide January 2004Text ConventionsThe following conventions are used th

Preface vii1/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALContacting Aruba Wireless NetworksWeb SiteE-mailTelephone Numbersz Main Site http://www.arubanetworks.comz

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The Aruba RF Plan Tool 11/22/04 Review Draft—CONFIDENTIALThe Aruba RF Plan ToolRF Plan is a three-dimensional wireless deployment modeling tool that e