RLX2-IHx Series ♦ 802.11a, b, g, n
Using the IH Browser to Manage your Radios
Industrial Hotspots
User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
Page 142 of 248
5.9.3 Viewing the Scan List in the IH Browser
The
Scan List
dialog box shows all 802.11 Access Points known to the selected radio on
this channel (through beacons), even if the Access Point is not linked to the radio (has a
different SSID or uses different encryption). See Detecting 802.11 Access Points (page
28).
Note: This list shows some of the same information available in the Available Parents table in the web
interface. See Viewing Available Parents for a Radio (page 59).
1
In the IH Browser, select a radio in either the
List View
or
Topology View
.
2
From the
I
NFO
menu choose
S
CAN
L
IST
, or right-click the radio and choose
S
CAN
L
IST
.
List entries marked with an asterisk
*
indicate that the entry is an alternate path, which
you can also see if you select the
Parents
button from the toolbar in the
Topology
view (blue lines link the radio to its alternate parents).
Parameter
Description
Refresh
Specifies the data refresh interval in seconds or minutes. Select
M
ANUALLY
to prevent the IH Browser from automatically updating the
data.
Now
Click
N
OW
to manually update the data.
BSS ID
Displays the Basic Service Set Identifier. This is the MAC addresses of
the wireless clients known to the selected radio.
(name)
The name for RLX2-IHx series radios.
Cost
Displays the calculated parent selection cost. The radio evaluates the
link it has to its parent once per second to determine if this link is the
best parent to use. The radio calculates the cost for each entry. The
cost calculation is based not only on the strongest signal, but on several
other factors to provide optimum network communication.