Overview
AirMagnet Planner takes the guess-work out of WLAN design and installation, making it easy for network professionals to accurately plan and deploy 802.11a/b/g/n-based wireless networks in any indoor environment. The AirMagnet Planner accounts for building materials, obstructions, access point configurations, antenna patterns, and a host of other variables to provide a reliable predictive map of Wi-Fi signal and performance. It ensures full coverage for end-users while minimizing signal bleed into unsecured areas. Planner also includes built-in automated tools to help users with their migration strategy from existing legacy 802.11a/b/g networks to the new 802.11n technology. Planner is available as a standalone application and also is integrated with AirMagnet Survey.
Key Features
- Complete 802.11a/b/g/n support for designing indoor WLAN networks.
- Superior predictive modeling to determine ideal quantity, placement and configuration of APs for optimal security, performance and compliance.
- Model building construction materials/obstructions and 802.11 APs.
- Built-in assistance to eliminate guesswork while defining legacy WLAN network's migration strategy to 802.11n.
- Automated AP placement and configuration guidance.
- Unique WLAN Throughput (performance) estimation at every location.
- Built-in database of over 250 antennas from leading wireless infrastructure vendors or antenna manufacturers.
- Create and Model any antenna and preview the impact to the WLAN
- Integrated reporter to generate customized "Bill-of-materials" report.
- Side-by-side visualization of differences between two project plans.
- Seamless integration with AirMagnet Survey, WLAN industry's only site survey product to allow "real-world active" surveys, to validate results in a live environment.
System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements:
The installation and operation of AirMagnet Planner (software-only) requires separate hardware with one of the following minimum system requirements below.
- Operating Systems: Microsoft® Windows Windows 7 Professional/Ultimate, Vista™ Business/Ultimate (SP2), or XP™ Professional (SP3)
Note:Use Windows XP™ SP2 if using AirMagnet Spectrum Analyzer as a standalone application on the same machine
- Intel® Pentium® M 1.6 GHz (Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.00 GHz or higher recommended)
- 1 GB memory (2 GB recommended) for Windows XP™. 2 GB or higher required for Windows Vista™
- 800 MB free hard disk space
- A site map in a format supported by AirMagnet Survey (supported formats are: .bmp, .dib, .dwg, .dxf, .emf, .gif, vsd, .jpg, or .wmf.)
- Operating Systems: Microsoft® Windows Tablet PC Edition 2005 (SP3)
Note:Use Windows XP™ SP2 if using AirMagnet Spectrum Analyzer as a standalone application on the same machine
- Intel® Pentium® M 1.6 GHz (Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or higher recommended)
- 1 GB memory (2 GB recommended) for Windows XP™. 2 GB or higher required for Windows Vista™
- 800 MB free hard disk space
- A site map in a format supported by AirMagnet Survey (supported formats are: .bmp, .dib, .dwg, .dxf, .emf, .gif, vsd, .jpg, or .wmf.)
- Operating Systems: MAC OS X Leopard™ [running Windows XP™ PRO (SP3) using Boot Camp®]
- Intel®-based CPU 1.6 GHz or higher
- 1 GB memory (2 GB recommended)
- 800 MB free hard disk space
- A site map in a format supported by AirMagnet Survey (supported formats are: .bmp, .dib, .dwg, .dxf, .emf, .gif, vsd, .jpg, or .wmf.)