CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide part 41 is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the CCNA® Wireless IUWNE exam. Senior instructor Brandon Carroll shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics. Key Topic Figure 18-14 Accessing the Map Editor Planning Mode WCS Planning Mode lets you determine how many APs you need for a given coverage area. It places hypothetical APs on the map and. | 372 CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide In contrast the WCS RF prediction uses information entered in the map and the map editor to predict how the AP will react in the environment. The WCS can base its information on what you tell it the environment will look like. Using the drop-down list you can access the map editor as shown in Figure 18-14. The map editor loads as shown in Figure 18-15. Key Topic Figure 18-14 Accessing the Map Editor Planning Mode WCS Planning Mode lets you determine how many APs you need for a given coverage area. It places hypothetical APs on the map and lets you view the coverage area based on the placement of the hypothetical APs. From the Monitor Maps page use the Select a command drop-down to select Planning Mode. Click on Add APs to add the hypothetical APs to the map. When you do so a blue dotted line appears on the map. Note If you do not want to use the square blue dotted area you can select perimeter and then trace the exact area that you want to model off of. Chapter 18 Enterprise Wireless Management with the WCS and the Location Appliance 373 Figure 18-15 Map Editor You move this around to determine the coverage area. You probably do not want it to trace the outer edge of the floor because it might place APs on the edge walls. This extends coverage beyond the outside of the building. If you want to extend the capabilities for radio frequency identification RFID and asset tracking this might be something you want to do. It does help more accurately pinpoint the location of assets. However if you are just talking about a WLAN used for employee or guest access you would not want to extend the coverage to the outside. In the menu on the left select the AP type along with other criteria to be used and click the Calculate button. You can see this in Figure 18-16 where the AP type selected is a 1250 and N support is enabled. You must also select at least one service type. The service type in the figure is Data Cov-erage. .
