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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Netgear, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Daub, New York, NY (US);
Patrick Lazar, San Jose, CA (US);
Netgear, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided for graphically displaying the noise level on each WLAN channel, along with the arrangement of other (neighboring) wireless host devices on each channel with their respective signal strengths as a distance indicator. As a result, collected information may be gathered and displayed intuitively to allow a user to quickly assess the environment and manually configure the wireless host device. In addition, methods and apparatuses are provided for suggesting to a user or automatically selecting a wireless host device configuration based on the noise level on each WLAN channel and the arrangement of other wireless host devices on each channel with consideration of their respective signal strengths. As a result, an optimal configuration for a deployed wireless host device may be determined and consistently suggested or automatically configured.