Managing
Cluster
Sessions
D-Link
Unified
Access
Point
Administrator’s
Guide
November
2011
Page
153
Unified
Access
Point
Administrator’s
Guide
Managing
Cluster
Sessions
The
Sessions
page
shows
information
about
client
stations
associated
with
access
points
in
the
cluster.
Each
client
is
identified
by
its
MAC
address,
along
with
the
AP
(location)
to
which
it
is
currently
connected.
To
view
a
particular
statistic
for
client
sessions,
select
an
item
from
the
Display
drop
‐
down
list
and
click
Go
.
You
can
view
information
about
idle
time,
data
rate,
signal
strength
and
so
on;
all
of
which
are
described
in
detail
in
the
table
below.
A
session
in
this
context
is
the
period
of
time
in
which
a
user
on
a
client
device
(station)
with
a
unique
MAC
address
maintains
a
connection
with
the
wireless
network.
The
session
begins
when
the
client
logs
on
to
the
network,
and
the
session
ends
when
the
client
either
logs
off
intentionally
or
loses
the
connection
for
some
other
reason.
To
manage
sessions
associated
with
the
cluster,
click
Cluster
>
Sessions
.
Figure
47:
Session
Management
Details
about
the
session
information
shown
is
described
in
the
following
table.
Note:
A
session
is
not
the
same
as
an
association,
which
describes
a
client
connection
to
a
particular
access
point.
A
client
network
connection
can
shift
from
one
clustered
AP
to
another
within
the
context
of
the
same
session.
A
client
station
can
roam
between
APs
and
maintain
the
session.
Table
60:
Session
Management
Field
Description
AP
Location
Indicates
the
location
of
the
access
point.
This
is
derived
from
the
location
description
specified
on
the
Basic
Settings
page.
User
MAC
Indicates
the
MAC
address
of
the
wireless
client
device.
A
MAC
address
is
a
hardware
address
that
uniquely
identifies
each
node
of
a
network.
Idle
Indicates
the
amount
of
time
this
station
has
remained
inactive.
A
station
is
considered
to
be
idle
when
it
is
not
receiving
or
transmitting
data.
