Running The Ping Or Link Test - Cisco Aironet 350 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Running the Ping or Link Test

Click Network Interfaces and the Network Interface Summary page appears.
Step 2
Choose the radio interface experiencing problems by clicking Radio0-802.11B. The radio status page
Step 3
appears.
Click the Carrier Busy Test tab and the Carrier Busy Test page appears.
Step 4
Click Start to begin the carrier busy test.
Step 5
When the test completes, the results are displayed on the bottom of the page. For each of the channel
center frequencies, the test produces a value indicating the percentage of time that the channel is busy.

Running the Ping or Link Test

You can use the ping or link test to evaluate the communication link with an associated access point.
With the ping or link test you can:
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Perform these steps to activate the ping or link test:
Step 1 Use your web browser to open the access point interface.
Note
Step 2 Click Association and the main association page appears.
Step 3 Click the MAC address of an associated access point, and the Statistics page for that device appears.
Click the Ping/Link Test tab and the Ping/Link Test page appears.
Step 4
If you want to specify the number of packets to use in the test, follow these steps:
Step 5
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b.
c.
If you want to use a continuous test, follow these steps:
Step 6
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b.
c.
When the test stops, the test results are displayed at the bottom of the page. You should check for lost
packets that might indicate a problem with the wireless link. For best results, you should perform this
test several times.
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Perform a test using a specified number of packets and then display the test results.
Perform a test that continuously operates until you stop it and then display the test results.
The access point browser interface is fully compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer version
6.0 on Windows 98 and 2000 platforms, and with Netscape version 7.0 on Windows 98,
Windows 2000, and Solaris platforms.
Enter a number of packets in the Number of Packets field
Enter a packet size (1 to 1400 bytes) in the Packet Size field.
Click Start. The test automatically stops when all packets are utilized.
Enter a packet size in the Packet Size field.
Click Start to activate the test.
Click Stop to stop the test.
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