3com AirProtect RF Planning Tool

Quickly Create Plans for Access Point and Wireless IPS Sensor Deployment
With the 3Com® AirProtect RF Planning Tool, planning a wireless LAN network becomes much easier:
model wireless LAN coverage without a physical site survey
evaluate security risk from wireless LAN spillage outside the building
perform security sensor density analysis
assess changes with simple drag and drop techniques
generate equipment lists for the installation team
Uniquely Models Security Coverage and Risk Level
The 3Com AirProtect RF Planning Tool gives precise insight into wireless LAN security exposure, providing fine grain control of security coverage modeling from detection to prevention.
Placement models help ensure the right level of coverage for a given security risk profile, and provide a plan for improved security coverage.

Provides Rich Tool Set for Precise Modeling
The RF Planning Tool provides an integrated suite of easy-to-use tools for superior modeling accuracy, using a complete library of IEEE 802.11a, b and g protocols, and providing channel allocation and interference simulation for best performance.
The extensive and customizable knowledgebase of 3Com and 3rd party access points, WLAN cards and antennas and built-in comprehensive catalog of building materials (with RF characteristics) can be applied to floor plans when modeling the RF environment.

Simulates Changes with Ease
Change access points, modify the layout of the office or add additional WLAN infrastructure, and the 3Com AirProtect RF Planning Tool can provide immediate insight into the effect of those changes on WLAN performance.
Simply enter the modifications into your floor plan— for example, drag-and-drop access points— or make equipment parameter changes and the RF Planning Tool will automatically update the coverage.

Audits Deployment for Security Risks and Performance
After deployment, the AirProtect RF Planning Tool continues to help network performance. The tool will suggest a small set of calibration points at several locations that can be fed back into the original model, providing correlation of the actual results with those from the prediction in an even more precise model for further what-if analyses.

Model wireless LAN coverage without a physical site survey
Evaluate security risk from wireless LAN spillage outside the building

Perform security sensor density analysis
Assess changes with simple drag and drop techniques

Generate equipment lists for the installation team
Screen displays show access point channels and coverage, wireless sensor coverage, RF spillage from the wireless LAN outside the building, and more
Provides fine grain control of security coverage modeling from detection to prevention
Includes extensive and customizable knowledgebase of 3Com and 3rd party access points, WLAN cards and antennas
Incorporates built-in comprehensive catalog of building materials
Simulates changes in the WLAN infrastructure with powerful "what-if" analysis
Audits deployment for security risks and performance