Patent ID: 7006447

Claim:
In a WLAN having a first WLAN device and at least a second WLAN device, each of the first and at least second WLAN device, respectively, capable of communicating WLAN data, an improvement of apparatus for selectably connecting the first WLAN device and the second WLAN device, said apparatus comprising: a variable attenuator having a first port selectably connectable to the first WLAN device and a second port selectably connectable to the second WLAN device, the first WLAN device forming a device under test and the second WLAN device forming a control-device, said variable attenuator for attenuating at a selected attenuation level a first WLAN device-generated signal applied to the first port when the first port is connected to the first WLAN device, and for providing an attenuated signal at the second variable-attenuator port; and a test controller coupled to the first WLAN device and selectably connectable to said variable attenuator, said test controller for selecting the selected attenuation level of said variable attenuator and for selecting parameters of the first WLAN device-generated signal.