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Defining Wireless Coverage Areas 111
You must also identify the wireless technology required (802.11a or
802.11b/g) for coverage areas. For areas requiring multiple wireless
technologies, two completely overlapping coverage areas are
created—one for 802.11a and one for 802.11b/g.
You define coverage by creating the following items:
Wiring closets (at least one is required if you plan to install directly
connected MAPs). See “Creating a Wiring Closet” on page 111.
Coverage areas (required). See “Defining a Coverage Area” on
page 113.
RF measurement points (optional). See “Showing RF Coverage” on
page 150.
Third-party access points (optional).
Creating a Wiring
Closet
A wiring closet is a room that contains networking devices, such as
switches. If you have an existing wiring closet, you can draw it on the
floor layout.
If you have previously installed WX switches and defined them in 3WXM,
you can place them in the wiring closet and specify them as switches to
be used when 3WXM calculates how many MAP access points are
required. If you do not have any WX switches placed in the wiring closet,
3WXM automatically creates and configures the switches that are
needed.
Each floor plan must have at least one wiring closet, if the floor will use
MAPs that are directly connected to their WX switches. However, a floor
is not required to have a wiring closet if MAPs will be indirectly attached
through the network. In this case, if you do not create a wiring closet,
3WXM assumes the switch that will manage the Distributed MAPs will be
located in a wiring closet on another floor in the building.
To create a wiring closet
1 Display the floor plan in the Content panel.
2 In the Task List panel, click Tools.
3 In the Wiring Closer/Misc area under Coverage Area, click the (Insert
Wiring Closet) icon.
4 Click in the floor display where you want to place the wiring closet. The
Create Wiring Closet wizard appears.