A full-featured tool suite, RoamAbout
Switch Manager (RASM) enables IT
organizations to perform pre- and
postdeployment planning, configuration,
verification, management and optimization of
the RoamAbout Wireless Switch System
wireless LAN infrastructure.
To begin the process, users import
AutoCAD DXF™, AutoCAD DWG, JPEG or GIF floor
plan files to design the wireless LAN
offline. Wizard-based Virtual Site Survey™
and automated capacity planning tools
simplify the planning stage. RASM includes a
library of attenuators for building
obstacles, including doors, walls, ceilings,
and other physical obstructions. RASM
factors in the impact these objects have on
how the radio frequency (RF) will flow
through a given facility.
RASM automatically determines how many
RoamAbout Access Point radios need to be
installed in any part of a building, taking
into consideration the RF obstacles and,
optionally, a capacity plan based on the
number of users and their bandwidth demands.
After planning is complete, RASM provides
a work order that shows exactly where to
install RoamAbout equipment, and deploys
RoamAbout switch configurations and
thousands of AP configurations in one step,
automatically applying security policies,
radio channel and power settings, and
roaming profiles for users.
RoamAbout Switch Manager greatly
simplifies the running of the wireless LAN
by providing RF topology mapping;
continuous, scheduled, or on-demand rogue
detection; user monitoring and location
awareness; and network usage patterns. The
RASM tool suite also provides automatic
verification of each update, ensuring that
network changes do not introduce errors.
In addition, RASM collects user and
network statistics, displaying the data that
RoamAbout switches collect on user sessions
and detailing user- and systemlevel events
and statistics for the wired network. RASM
also detects, identifies, and locates rogue
access points, their users and 802.11 ad hoc
networks.
