3Com AirConnect, User Manual

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Select any other item or click Access Point at the top of the navigation pane to exit.
Ethernet Statistics
The AP keeps Ethernet performance statistics, including packet transmission and
data retries, until it is reset.
To view or change Ethernet statistics, s elect Statistics-->Ethernet Statistics.
You can dynamically update this information by using the Refresh option. Click
Start Refresh at the bottom of the page to update the values approximately once
every two seconds. Click Stop Refresh at the bottom of the page to terminate
dynamic updates.
Select any other item or click Access Point at the top of the navigation pane to exit.
Radio Frequency
Statistics
The AP keeps radio performance statistics, including packet and communication
information.
To view the Radio Frequency statistics, select Statistics-->RF.
You can dynamically update this information by using the Refresh option. Click
Start Refresh at the bottom of the page to update the values approximately once
every two seconds. Click Stop Refresh at the bottom of the page to terminate
dynamic updates.
Select any other item or click Access Point at the top of the navigation pane to
escape from the Ethernet Statistics page.
Statistic Definition
Packets Seen Packets received on the Ethernet interface.
Packets Forwarded Packets forwarded from the Ethernet interface to other
interfaces.
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Discarded/No Match —Packets discarded because of
unknown destinations (destinations not in the known list
of database entries).
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Discarded/Forced —Packets discarded because of the
applied address filters.
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Discarded/Buffer —Packets discarded because of
insufficient buffers in AP.
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Discarded/CRC —Packets discarded because of data errors.
Broadcast/Multicast Total broadcast or multicast packets received.
Individual Address Packets received with designated individual addresses.
Packets Sent Total packets sent out.
Any Collision Packets affected by at least one collision.
1 + Collisions Packets affected by more than one collision.
Maximum Collisions Packets affected by the maximum number of collision.
Late Collisions Collisions occurring after the first 64 bytes.
Defers The number of times the AP had to defer transmit requests on
the Ethernet because of a busy medium.