Active Mode Setup

This page sets up the parameters for the Active Mode Site Survey. The following parameters can be changed:

Destination MAC Address: This parameter selects which AP to perform the test with. The default is the MAC address of the AP the Cisco Wireless LAN Adapter is currently associated with. The test will not roam to other Access Points, so that the size of a single cell can be determined.

Number of Packets: Sets the quantity of packets that will be sent.

Continuous Link Test : Causes the Active Mode test to run repeatedly until you press the OK or Stop buttons on the Site Survey page. (The test will loop repeatedly for the number of packets that were specified above).

Packet Size: Sets the size of the packet to be sent. The packet size should be what the normal traffic packet size would be.

Data Retries: The number of times to retry a transmission if an ACK is not received from the destination.

Data Rates: Sets the bit rate at which the packet will be transmitted. No rate shifting will be performed.

Delay Between Packets: Sets the delay (in milliseconds) between successive transmissions.

Packet Tx Type: Unicast- expects an ACK back from the destination and retries can occur. Multicast- No packet retries.

Packet Success Threshold: The percentage of packets that are not lost. This parameter controls the red line on the “Percent Successful” histogram. Percentages greater than or equal to this value will show up as green bars, while percentages below this value will show up as yellow bars on the Percent Successful histogram.