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Using the AP Manager
You can manage APs individually or as a single group. You can group APs based on any
criteria, such as:
• All APs belonging to the same network are in one group. For example, have one group
for the Accounting network and one group for the Engineering network.
• To avoid confusion, you should have different groups for APs in an infrastructure
network and APs in a LAN-to-LAN configuration. APs in these configurations are
managed differently.
• If you have earlier releases of the RoamAbout AP, you can group non-802.11
compliant APs together, separate from the 802.11 APs.
The AP Manager saves each group in a configuration file (*.CFG). When you create a
group, give the file a meaningful name that represents the group, such as Campus for APs
used outside on a college campus, or Engineering if all the APs are used for the Engineering
wireless network.
When you open a configuration file, the APs in the group are displayed in the Managed List
field on the main window (see Figure 4-1). You can add or remove APs from the
configuration file. The following lists some of the actions you can perform from the AP
Manager main window:
• Each time you open the AP Manager, the RoamAbout AP Managed List field is
blank. You need to open a file by clicking File in the menu bar, selecting Open, and
choosing a configuration file. All the APs in that group are displayed in the Managed
List field.
• If there is a RoamAbout R2 in the list, you are prompted for a password. The password
is the password that you entered when you created the configuration file.
• To display the settings that the AP is currently using, select the AP in the Managed List
field and click the various buttons, such as Wireless Parameters, Network
Parameters, and Hardware. Click the Help button in each dialog box for a
description of the dialog box.
• To check the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) between the AP and another device in the
same wireless network, select Integrity in the menu bar and select Link Test.
• To discover all APs in your network, select Selection in the menu bar and Discover.
Chapter 5 contains the procedures to configure APs using the AP Manager.