NWA5000 / WAC6500 Series User’s Guide
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Monitor
4.1 Overview
Use the
Monitor
screens to check status and statistics information.
4.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• The
Network Status
screen (
) displays general LAN interface information
and packet statistics.
• The
Network Status Graph
screen (
) displays a line graph of packet
statistics for the NWA/WAC’s physical LAN port.
• The
Radio List
screen (
) displays statistics about the wireless radio
transmitters in the NWA/WAC.
• The
Station Info
screen (
) displays information about suspected rogue
APs.
• The
WDS Link Info
screen (
) displays statistics about the NWA/WAC’s
WDS (Wireless Distribution System) connections.
• The
Detected Device
screen (
) displays information about suspected
rogue APs.
• The
View Log
screen (
) displays the NWA/WAC’s current log messages.
You can change the way the log is displayed, you can e-mail the log, and you can also clear the
log in this screen.
4.2 What You Need to Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read through the chapter.
Rogue AP
Rogue APs are wireless access points operating in a network’s coverage area that are not under the
control of the network’s administrators, and can open up holes in a network’s security. See
for details.
Friendly AP
Friendly APs are other wireless access points that are detected in your network, as well as any
others that you know are not a threat (those from neighboring networks, for example). See
for details.
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