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Fields for the detailed wireless status screen include:
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Station
MAC
: The MAC address of the unit.
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Description
: The description assigned to that unit in its Configuration
screen.
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State
: Indicates the status of the radio operation.
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Encryption
: Indicates whether encryption has been enabled.
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Data Rate
: The currently selected RF data rate.
•
RSSI
: A relative measure of power received by the base from the
client.
At 36 Mbps, the RSSI should be at least 20. For higher data rates, the
RSSI must be higher to support reliable operation. At lower data rates,
the RSSI can fall below 20 and still maintain a reliable link.
•
MSDU
: MAC Service Data Unit. Specifies the total number of packets
sent and received by the unit.
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Data:
The total number of data frames (e.g. containing TCP/IP
payload) transmitted across the RF link. This represents a subset of
the MSDU total.
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Multicast:
The total number of IP multicast user frames transmitted
across the RF link. This represents a subset of the Data and MSDU
total.
•
Management
: The total number of non-user wireless management
frames sent and received by the radio.
•
Control:
The total number of non-user wireless control frames sent
and received by the radio.
•
Errors:
The sum total number of wireless PHY and MAC errors received
or prevente d from transmitting.
Detailed Receive Errors
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Discarded Frames
: A wireless MAC layer statistic - specifies the
number of received frames discarded because frame has already been
received or because frames have encryption errors or VLAN errors.
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Duplicate
Frames
: A wireless MAC layer statistic - specifies the
number of received frames discarded because frame has already been
received.
•
CRC
Errors
: A wireless PHY layer statistic - specifies the number of
frames rejected receive CRC errors.
•
PHY
Errors
: A wireless PHY layer statistic - specifies the number of
frames rejected due to other PHY layer errors.
•
DMA
Errors
: A wireless MAC/PHY statistic - specifies the number of
DMA errors caused by hardware bottlenecks in the receive system.
Detailed Transmit Errors
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Discarded Frames
: A wireless MAC layer statistic - specifies the
number of transmit frames discarded due to invalid VLAN tags.
•
Excessive
Retries
: A wireless MAC layer statistic - specifies the
number of data frames requiring one or more MAC retries.
•
DMA Errors
: A wireless MAC/PHY statistic - specifies the number of
DMA errors caused by hardware bottlenecks in the transmit system.
You can find the current routing status by going to
Status
->
Routing
menu
option:
