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to accept it into the system it can not service clients or pass traffic. You must
click on blue units to allow them to join the system. This only needs to be done
once, and after a unit has joined the system it will be remembered by the
system, even after power failures or prolonged storage. Labeling the repeaters
here makes it easier to remember where they are located.
The third column shows the name or location of the unit from which this unit gets
it’s connection, this may be the master or another repeater if the units have
daisy chained themselves. Mesh repeaters are constantly evaluating their
connections and “talking” to other repeaters and the master to determine the
best route back to the master and the internet. You may see this change
occasionally as the system reconfigures itself to deal with changing conditions.
The fourth column shows the IP (network) address of the unit.
The fifth column shows the current signal strength of this unit to it’s upstream
connection. The signal strength is a 5 minute average, and it is normal for this to
fluctuate. Any unit with a low signal strength will be highlighted in Yellow or Red.
Units highlighted in yellow will have slower connections that will be unreliable.
Units in Red are not able to support traffic or users as they have a very low or no
connection (often as the result of issues with power or wiring at the unit). For
stable connections signals above 30 are best.
The signal is only displayed for
access points running in wireless mode (access points without a wired Ethernet
connection to the CheckBox), any wired units will display "wired" in this column.
The sixth column shows the Link Quality. It is a calculated score (maximum 100),
computed by using an algorithm to determine the overall quality the wireless
service of that access point. It takes into account things like the upstream radio
connection, the noise around the access point, other devices connecting to it, etc.
Generally, values above 50 in this column will provide a stable connection. Please
note that this is only calculated for wireless access points - any wired access points
will typically show a value of 0 or 1.
The seventh column indicates what channel the access point is operating on.
Systems with multiple wired access points can change the channel of each wired
access point by clicking on the unit name and adjusting the preferred channel
accordingly.
The last column shows how many clients are using this repeater.
