5
M
ONITORING
W
IRELESS
C
LIENTS
Introduction
The AP keeps statistics of its transactions during operation. These statistics indicate
traffic, transmission success, and the existence of other radio network devices.
Clear statistics as needed.
Wireless Clients
Wireless Client
statistics provide information on wireless clients associated with
an AP. The statistics include information on data sent and received, activity and
association. A wireless client shows only in the
Home/Foreign Agent Table
screens
when the wireless client has roamed to another AP on a different subnet. Once a
wireless client has roamed, the wireless client
IP Address
displays on the
Home
Agent Table
screen of the wireless client’s home AP with the IP Address of the
Foreign Agent
to tell the “home” AP where to forward packets.
The wireless client IP Address is also shown in the
Foreign Agent Table
and
Regular
screens of the new “foreign” AP to tell the new AP where to expect packets from
for newly associated wireless clients. The AP Regular screen shows the wireless
clients associated locally on the same subnet.
1
Select
Wireless Client
from the Main Menu.
2
Use the Tab or arrow keys to highlight the desired screen.
3
Press Enter to display the screen you selected.
4
Select
Regular
at the
Wireless Clients
prompt.
The display shows the currently associated wireless clients listed by MAC address.
The list appears as follows:
addr [p:i#:e]
Variable
Description
addr
Wireless client MAC address
(xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx format)
p
Wireless clients power mode:
■
P–PSP
■
C–CAM.
An unassociated wireless client does not
display any character
i
Wireless client location on AP interfaces:
■
R–radio,
■
P–PPP.
■
A–associated with AP in the past, but
not at time of verifying status
#
Current AP radio transmit rate (Mbps) for
messages sent to this wireless client.
