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This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Guide Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Introduction to Wi‐Fi Planner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About Wi‐Fi Planner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Creating and Managing Wireless Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Creating a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Managing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Viewing Information About a Wireless Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Duplicating a Wireless Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Deleting a Wireless Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Searching for a Wireless Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Starring a Wireless Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Sorting Wireless Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Create a Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Upload a New Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Scale a Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Manage a Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Configuring a Floor Plan Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Identify Wi‐Fi Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Wi‐Fi Coverage Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Wi‐Fi Exclusion Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Setup Environment Obstacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Specify a Floor Plan Area Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Placing Access Points on a Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Auto‐Place Access Points on Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Manually Add Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Adjust Access Point Locations and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Move an Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Delete an Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Remove All Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Save All Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Change Access Point Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Auto‐Channel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Auto‐Position Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Floor Plan Viewing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Turn Object Layers On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

View Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Switch Radio Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Specify a Radio Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Ruler Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Viewing Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Floor Plan Access Point Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Viewing a Floor Plan Access Point Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Searching the Floor Plan Access Point Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Remove an Access Point from the Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Copy an Access Point from the Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

View Heatmap Coverage of Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Creating a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

View a Project Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Download Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31


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This Guide

About this GuideWelcome to the SonicWall® Wi‐Fi Planner User Guide. This document provides instructions for basic configuration for users of the SonicWall Wi‐Fi Planner, including set‐up, management, and monitoring.

The document contents include:

• This chapter, This Guide, provides a general overview and the conventions used in this document.

• Chapter 2, Introduction to Wi‐Fi Planner, provides a product overview, system requirements, and accessibility information.

• Chapter 3, Creating and Managing Wireless Projects, describes how to create new projects and manage existing projects.

• Chapter 4, Create a Floor Plan, describes how to upload, scale, and manage a new floor plan.

• Chapter 5, Configuring a Floor Plan Environment, describes how to identify Wi‐Fi zones, set up environment obstacles, and specify floor plan area types.

• Chapter 6, Placing Access Points on a Floor Plan, describes how to automatically or manually place access points, adjust access point locations and parameters, automatically perform channel adjustments, and automatically perform position adjustments.

• Chapter 7, Floor Plan Viewing Options, describes how to view floor plan options, turn layers on/off, view device info, switch radio bands, specify radio channel, and use the ruler tool.

• Chapter 8, Viewing Results, describes the access point inventory, and how to view heatmap coverage.

• Chapter 9, Creating a Report, describes how to view and download reports in Word or PDF formats.

• Chapter 10, SonicWall Support, provides information on how to access help for SonicWall products.

For support during the Beta program, use the Beta Feedback Portal or the contact information provided by the SonicWall Product Management team.

Guide ConventionsThe conventions used in this guide are as follows:

Guide Conventions

Convention Use

Bold Highlights dialog box, window, and screen names. Also highlights buttons. Also used for file names and text or values you are being instructed to type into the interface.

Italic Indicates the name of a technical manual. Also indicates emphasis on certain words in a sentence. Sometimes indicates the first instance of a significant term or concept.

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Introduction to Wi‐Fi Planner

SonicWall® Wi‐Fi Planner is an intuitive, web‐based, Wi‐Fi planning tool that provides tools to assess your Wi‐Fi deployments, free network management software, and access to sales and technical support.

Topics:

• About Wi‐Fi Planner

• Features

• Before You Begin

• System Requirements

About Wi‐Fi Planner The SonicWall® Wi‐Fi Planner tools simulate wireless deployment with SonicWall wireless products. Creating New Floor Plans allow users to upload, scale, and manage their floor plans. Placing Access Points (APs) on a floor plan allows users automatically or manually place and adjust access points. Viewing options give the user control of layers, devices, radio bands, channels, tools, access point inventories, and heatmap coverage. Exportable reports are available for download in PDF and Word formats.

FeaturesThis section describes the features included in the Beta Wi‐Fi Planner release.

• Projects ‐ You can create and manage different projects for different customer sites and deployments.

• Floor Plans ‐ You can upload, scale, and manage floor plans.

• Environments ‐ You can configure a floor plan environment by identifying Wi‐Fi zones, setting up environment obstacles, and identifying a specific floor plan area type.

• Access Points ‐ You can use the Advisor to automatically place access points, add access points manually, adjust access point locations and parameters, adjust auto‐placement and auto‐location settings.

• Viewing Options ‐ You can configure floor plan layers, device information, switch radio bands, specify a radio channel, and use the ruler tool.

• Viewing Results ‐ You can view floor plan access point inventory and heatmap coverage of access points.

• Reports ‐ You can run the report generator and download PDF or Word formatted reports for specific projects.


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Before You BeginYou will need the following to access SonicWall Wi‐Fi Planner:

• A computer running supported version of Windows or MacOS

• An active Internet connection

• A MySonicWall.com account

• Beta activation key

System RequirementsSince Wi‐Fi Planner is a cloud service, you only need access to a web browser and an internet connection to access the Wi‐Fi Planner. Based on the operating system you’re using, the following browser levels are supported:

AccessibilitySonicWall Wi‐Fi planner is available via Mysonicwall.com for users that have active SonicPoint support.

To access Wi‐Fi Planner via MySonicWall.com:

1 In a web browser, navigate to MySonicWall.com.

2 Use your credentials to login to your Mysonicwall.com account.

3 Click the Wi‐Fi Planner link to open the Wi‐Fi Planner.

Browser Supported Window 10 Windows 7 macOS

Internet Explorer (latest version)

Mozilla Firefox (latest version)

Google Chrome (latest version)

Apple Safari (latest version)


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Creating and Managing Wireless Projects

This section describes how to create and manage wireless projects with the SonicWall Wi‐Fi Planner.

Topics:

• Creating a Project

• Managing a Project

Creating a Project

To create a new wireless project:

1 Login to the Wi‐Fi Planner. The home screen appears.

2 Click the NEW PROJECT button, in the top‐right corner, or click the New Project icon to create a

new project. The new project screen appears.

3 In the Name field, type in a descriptive name for this project.

4 In the Country field, type in the name of the country for this project.

5 Click CREATE to save the project and return to the home screen. The new project is added to My Projects.

6 To upload a floor plan, hover the mouse over the project info card and click OPEN PROJECT. The floor plan is uploaded and appears on the list of available projects.

NOTE: Entering a Country applies different Wi‐Fi regulations when the system optimizes Wi‐Fi channels for access point placement.


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Managing a Project Managing a wireless project is simple with the SonicWall Wi‐Fi Planner. The management feature gives users the option to view project details, duplicate projects, and delete projects. This section contains the following topics:

• Viewing Information About a Wireless Project

• Duplicating a Wireless Project

• Deleting a Wireless Project

• Searching for a Wireless Project

• Starring a Wireless Project

• Sorting Wireless Projects

Viewing Information About a Wireless Project

To view information about a wireless project:

1 From the Home screen, hover the mouse over each project’s info card to see the following project information:

• Country

• Total number of floor plans

• Total number of access points

Duplicating a Wireless Project

To duplicate a wireless project:

1 From the home screen, hover the mouse over the project card to see available options.

2 Click the duplicate icon. The project is duplicated in the list of available projects.

Deleting a Wireless Project

To delete a wireless project:


2 Click the delete icon.



Searching for a Wireless Project

To search for a wireless project:

1 From the home screen, click the search icon in the top‐right corner.

2 Enter a project name in the search field and click enter to see a list of results.

Starring a Wireless ProjectStarring a favorite wireless project makes it easier to find again later.

To star a wireless project:


2 Click the star icon. The project is marked with a star.

Sorting Wireless ProjectsSorting wireless projects makes it easier to find similar projects.

To sort a wireless project:

1 From the home screen, click the drop‐down menu at the top right side of the screen. A list of sorting options appears.

2 Click on an option from the list of sorting choices. The projects are sorted based off the selected criteria.



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Create a Floor Plan

This section describes how to create, scale, and manage a project’s floor plan. You can upload multiple floor plans for your project based on deployment requirements. Floor plans can include areas, floors, and buildings.

Topics:

• Upload a New Floor Plan

• Scale a Floor Plan

• Manage a Floor Plan

Upload a New Floor PlanTo upload a new floor plan:

1 From the home screen, click the OPEN PROJECT button.

The My Projects page appears.

2 Click the upload icon to upload an image of the floor plan. The upload floor plan page appears.

3 In the Name field, type in a descriptive name for the floor plan.

4 Select an image file from your PC or drag and drop an image onto the My Projects page.


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5 Click the corner of the blue rectangle and drag it to crop the floor plan.

6 Click APPLY to save the floor plan.

Scale a Floor Plan The Set Scale feature helps you set the floor plan scale for newly created or uploaded floor plans.

To scale a new floor plan:

1 Navigate to Wi‐Fi Planner > My Projects and click on a project to open it. The project page appears.

2 Select a floor plan from the navigation pane on the left. The floor plan screen appears.

NOTE: Image size limitation is up to 10M. Supported image formats include PNG, JPG, and GIF.

NOTE: You must set the scale before you can proceed to setting up an environment or placing access points.

NOTE: Select List or Icon views from the menu for different project viewing options.



3 Click SET SCALE in the top‐left corner, then click and hold the right mouse button to draw a line on floor plan.

4 Use the drop down menu to specify the line length as either "feet" or "meter" units.

5 Click Apply to save the current settings.

6 Click Reset Scale to reset the settings.



Manage a Floor PlanTo manage a new floor plan:



3 To rename a floor plan, right‐click a floor plan and select Rename.

4 To duplicate a floor plan, right‐click a floor plan and select Duplicate.

5 To delete a floor plan, right‐click a floor plan and select Delete.




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Configuring a Floor Plan Environment

After you scale the floor plan, you can resize it to accurately reflect the original space. This section describes how to configure Wi‐Fi zones, setup environmental obstacles, and specify area types on a floor plan.

• Identify Wi‐Fi Zones

• Setup Environment Obstacles

• Specify a Floor Plan Area Type

Identify Wi‐Fi ZonesThis section describes how to create Wi‐Fi zones and contains the following topics:

• Wi‐Fi Coverage Zones

• Wi‐Fi Exclusion Zones

Wi‐Fi Coverage Zones

To identify Wi‐Fi Coverage Zones:



3 Specify areas for Wi‐Fi coverage by clicking + Wi‐Fi Coverage Zone.

4 Click and hold the right mouse button to draw a rectangle area on the floor plan. The specified area is highlighted in blue and the Add Wi‐Fi coverage zone button appears.

5 Click Done to save the Wi‐Fi coverage zone. The specified area is saved as a Wi‐Fi coverage zone.



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Wi‐Fi Exclusion Zones

To identify Wi‐Fi Exclusion Zones:



3 Specify areas for Wi‐Fi access point exclusion by clicking ‐ Wi‐Fi Exclusion Zone.

4 Click and hold the right mouse button to draw a rectangle area on the floor plan. The specified area is highlighted in blue and the Add Wi‐Fi Exclusion zone button appears.

5 Click Done to save the Wi‐Fi exclusion zone. The specified area is saved as a Wi‐Fi exclusion zone.

Setup Environment ObstaclesDifferent interior textures and materials have different impacts on constricting Wi‐Fi signals. SonicWall Wi‐Fi Planner has configurations for environment obstacles.

To setup environment obstacles:







3 Click Obstacle and select a specific obstacle type from the drop‐down menu.

4 Click and hold any point on floor plan to draw obstacle line.

Specify a Floor Plan Area TypeSonicWall Wi‐Fi Planner has the ability to specify area types on a floor plan. Different types of areas have different attenuation impacts on Wi‐Fi signals.

To specify a specific floor plan area type:



3 Click Area and select a type of space and layout from the drop‐down menu.




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Placing Access Points on a Floor Plan

The SonicWall Wi‐Fi Planner provides several options for adding access points to a floor plan. If you are not familiar with wireless deployment, there is an intelligent algorithm to place access points on floor plan without channel conflict, reflect zone, obstacle and area settings. The Access Point Advisor feature is an easy to use tool that automatically places access points on your floor plan. After using the Access Point Advisor auto‐placement feature, you can add more access points, and adjust access point locations and parameters to optimize deployment.

This section describes how to configure environment parameters for placing access points on a floor plan.

Topics:

• Auto‐Place Access Points on Floor Plan

• Manually Add Access Points

• Adjust Access Point Locations and Parameters

• Auto‐Channel Adjustment

• Auto‐Position Adjustment

Auto‐Place Access Points on Floor Plan

To automatically place access points on a floor plan:



3 Click Advisor. The access point advisor window appears.



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4 Configure parameters for access point auto‐placement as follows:

• Access Point Model: Specify access point model for auto‐placement.

• Radio: Specify radio band for auto‐placement.

• Transmit Power: Specify access point transmit power to run auto‐placement.

• Minimum Signal Strength (RSSI): Specify the minimum RSSI for entire area with Wi‐Fi signal.

5 Click RUN to view the Access Point Advisor’s auto‐placement results.

Manually Add Access Points

To manually add access points:



3 Click Place Manually.

The Add Access Point pop‐up window appears.

4 Click on the INDOOR or OUTDOOR tab to see a list of available devices.

5 Click on a specific model, then click ADD. The access point is manually added to the floor plan. See Adjust Access Point Locations and Parameters for more information on how to manually adjust the access point.




Adjust Access Point Locations and ParametersWi‐Fi planner access point locations and parameters are adjustable. You can move, delete, or configure parameters as needed.

This section contains the following topics:

• Move an Access Point

• Delete an Access Point

• Remove All Access Points

• Remove All Access Points

• Save All Access Points

Move an Access Point

To move an access point on a floor plan:



3 Click the Access Point icon and drag it to any location on the floor plan. The access point is placed on the floor plan at the indicated location.

Delete an Access Point

To delete an access point on a floor plan:



3 Click on an access point then click the Delete icon in the upper‐right corner. The access point is deleted from the floor plan.

Remove All Access Points

To remove all access points:



3 Click on the floor plan and select Remove all Access Points. A confirmation pop‐up appears.



4 Click Yes to remove all access points.

Save Current View of Floor Plan Access Points

To save a current view of floor plan access points:



3 Click Add Access Point and use the manual or automatic features to add access points.

4 Click Save As to save the current view of the floor plan access points.

5 Enter a descriptive name for the access point floor plan then click Save. The current floor plan view of the access point locations is saved.

Change Access Point Parameters

To change access point parameters:




NOTE: Use the “+” and “‐” zoom icons to increase or decrease the floor plan view.




3 Double click on the Access Point icon. The Access Point pop‐up window appears.

4 Select one of the following tabs to configure options in the drop‐down menus:

• Access Point Property:

• 2.4G Enable/ Disable toggle

• 5G Enable/ Disable toggle

• Channel Size

• Channel

• Transmit Power

• Radio Pattern:

• Displays vertical E‐Plane radio patterns for 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands

• Displays horizontal H‐Plane radio patterns for 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands

• Antenna:

• Attach an external antenna to an access point for heatmap calculation

Auto‐Channel Adjustment Wi‐Fi Planner can move access points to different locations or manually add access points on a floor plan after running the Access Point Advisor (auto‐placement) option. Wi‐Fi Planner gives you the option to perform an Auto Channel adjustment to avoid any channel conflicts.

To perform an Auto Channel adjustment:



3 Click Auto Channel to add access points on a floor plan. Wi‐Fi Planner assigns each access point to the best channel.




Auto‐Position Adjustment Wi‐Fi Planner auto‐position adjustment feature optimizes Wi‐Fi coverage by adjusting access points whenever they are added to a floor plan.

To perform auto‐position adjustment:



3 Click the Site Optimizer button. Wi‐Fi Planner re‐calculates access point locations based on all current settings. A heatmap appears identifying the adjusted access point status.




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Floor Plan Viewing Options

This section describes how to configure floor plan viewing options for object layers, device information, radio bands, channels, and the ruler tool.

Topics:

• Turn Object Layers On/Off

• View Device Information

• Switch Radio Bands

• Specify a Radio Channel

• Ruler Tool

Turn Object Layers On/OffWi‐Fi Planner object layers are configurable. As you add different types of environment objects to a floor plan, you may want to turn layers on or off. Sometimes it is easier to manipulate an object by turning a particular layer on or off.

To turn object layers On/Off:



3 Click the Layer button. The layer drop‐down menu appears.

4 Click the “eye” icon next to a Layer to turn the layer on or off.



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View Device Information Each access point placed on a floor plan has several options for viewing device information.

To view access point device information:



3 Click the Access Point button. The Access Point drop‐down menu displays.

4 Click an option from the pop‐up menu. The device information displays next to the access point icon.

Switch Radio Bands When floor plan access point placement is completed, you can switch to different radio bands to display different heatmap results.

To switch radio bands:



3 Click the Band radio button and select either 2.4G or 5G.

4 The heatmap appears.





Specify a Radio Channel When floor plan access point placement is completed, you can specify different radio channels to view different heatmap results.

To specify a radio channel:



3 Click the Channel button. The Channel drop‐down menu appears.

4 Select a radio channel from the drop‐down menu.

Ruler Tool The Ruler is a handy tool that determines the actual distance of a planned environment.

To use the Ruler tool:



3 Click Ruler. The ruler icon appears.

4 Click and hold the right mouse button, to draw a line across the desired area of the floor plan.





5 Release the right mouse button to display the actual distance.



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Viewing Results

Wi‐Fi Planner has several View Result options that give quick views of access points and heatmap coverage.

Topics:

• Floor Plan Access Point Inventory

• View Heatmap Coverage of Access Points

Floor Plan Access Point Inventory The floor plan inventory feature provides several options for viewing and managing access points on the floor plan. This section contains the following topics:

• Viewing a Floor Plan Access Point Inventory

• Searching the Floor Plan Access Point Inventory

• Remove an Access Point from the Inventory

• Copy an Access Point from the Inventory

Viewing a Floor Plan Access Point Inventory

To view the floor plan access point inventory:



3 Click the Inventory icon. The Inventory pop‐up menu appears.



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4 Select an individual access point to adjust the following:

• Name: Access point name

• Radio Band: Working radio on access point

• Channel: Current channel access point is working on

• Channel Size: Current access point channel size

• Power: Current transmission power of access point

• Location: Default page is blank so you can comment on each access point, for use as an installation cheat sheet

Searching the Floor Plan Access Point Inventory

To Search the floor plan access point inventory:




4 Click on the search icon and enter a search term. Hit enter to view the results.

Remove an Access Point from the Inventory

To remove an access point from the Floor Plan Access Point Inventory:




4 Click the checkbox next to an access point to select it.

5 Click REMOVE. The access point is deleted.


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Copy an Access Point from the Inventory

To copy an access point:


2 Select a floor plan from the navigation pane on the left. The floor plan screen appears. Click the

Inventory icon. The Inventory pop‐up menu appears.

3 Click the checkbox next to an access point to select it.

4 Click COPY TO CLIPBOARD. The access point is copied to the clipboard.


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View Heatmap Coverage of Access PointsThe Wi‐Fi Planner heatmap view uses different colors to indicate different signal strengths.

To view heatmap coverage:



2 Click the heatmap icon.

The heatmap appears.



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Creating a Report

Wi‐Fi Planner uses a project‐based report generator, which covers all floor plans and perspectives. Users can choose from specific floor plans and download reports in PDF and Word formats.

This section describes how to view and download reports.

Topics:

• View a Project Report

• Download Report

View a Project Report

To view a project report:



3 Click REPORT.



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4 The left panel displays the following floor plans and reports:

• Environment Settings: Views all existing floor plan environment parameters, such as Wi‐Fi Zones, and Obstacles

• Access Point Location: Views all floor plan access point locations without heatmap coverage

• Access Point List: A table of contents for all access points on a floor plan

• Signal Coverage: Heatmap view of all access points on a floor plan.

Download Report

To download a report:



3 Click DOWNLOAD REPORT. The Report pop‐up appears.

4 Select a specific floor plan then click DOWNLOAD. The format pop‐up appears.



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5 Select Word or PDF to begin downloading the report in the selected format.


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SonicWall Support

Technical support is available to customers who have purchased SonicWall products with a valid maintenance contract and to customers who have trial versions.

The Support Portal provides self‐help tools you can use to solve problems quickly and independently, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. To access the Support Portal, go to https://www.sonicwall.com/support.

The Support Portal enables you to:

• View knowledge base articles and technical documentation

• View video tutorials

• Access MySonicWall

• Learn about SonicWall professional services

• Review SonicWall Support services and warranty information

• Register for training and certification

• Request technical support or customer service

To contact SonicWall Support, visit https://www.sonicwall.com/support/contact‐support.


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