Wired and Wireless Network Testing
Both TestPro and Network Service Assistant (NSA) provide a comprehensive toolkit for qualifying and troubleshooting wired and wireless network connectivity.
Wireless Connectivity Testing and Troubleshooting
Both TestPro and NSA require the use of an external 2.5/5 GHz Wi-Fi adapter, which can be purchased from your preferred retailer globally, as different bands are used in different regions of the world. The recommended adapter is Edimax EW-7822ULC Wi-Fi USB Adapter. All TestPro and NSA Kits support this functionality outlined in this section with no additional license, only the Edimax adapter is needed to support this capability.
Auto-discovery will display all detected SSID’s in 2.4 and 5GHz bands and their associated RSSI (received power level). This is useful in determining if the Wi-Fi network to which the user is trying to connect has sufficient signal strength. Connect to any SSID using the appropriate credentials for that network to further validate configuration.
Wireless signal strength is an important parameter to be able to see, as you are either deploying or troubleshooting. After configuring handoff credentials from AP to AP, as well as acceptable RSSI, you can roam the building to watch signal level and hand-off configuration to determine Wi-Fi “dead zones”.
Use Ping to verify point-to-point connectivity or out to the Internet by selecting pre-defined or custom website URLs and see latency details.
Wired Connectivity Testing and Troubleshooting
Both TestPro and NSA have two levels of testing capability for wired connectivity. Both products have an integrated RJ-45 port on the side of the tester, which can be used for validating 100Mbps and 1Gbps link connectivity, with no adapter or special license required.
For a deeper level of testing that includes the complete troubleshooting toolkit, which includes network discovery, switch and VLAN detail and much more, is available for use with the AD-NETCABLE adapter for TestPro and the AD-NSA adapter for NSA.
Key Toolkit Capabilities
- Perform Network Discovery to see what’s behind the jack
- Display list of IP addresses for connected devices
- Select any IP address to view that device details, MAC address, and more
- View LAN details such as Gateway, Subnet Mask, DHCP Server
- Generate traffic to any desired IP address
- Perform Trace Route to see the connection path and intermediate hop delays for bottlenecks
- Use Ping to verify point-to-point or Internet connectivity and response time
- Perform Network Discovery to see what’s behind the jack
- Display list of IP addresses for connected devices
- Select any IP address to view that device details, MAC address, and more
- View LAN details such as Gateway, Subnet Mask, DHCP Server
- Generate traffic to any desired IP address
- Perform Trace Route to see the connection path and intermediate hop delays for bottlenecks
- Use Ping to verify point-to-point or Internet connectivity and response time
Products
TestPro and Network Service Assistant Kits
