3com 3CRWX120695A WXR100 Manual De Usuario

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:

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Wiring closets (at least one is required if you plan to install directly 
connected MAPs). See “Creating a Wiring Closet” on page 111.

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Coverage areas (required). See “Defining a Coverage Area” on 
page 113.

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RF measurement points (optional). See “Showing RF Coverage” on 
page 150.

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Third-party access points (optional).

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. 

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.