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Viewing Local Accounting Records

Viewing Roaming Accounting Records

(For details about display accounting statistics output, see the Wireless LAN Switch and Controller Command Reference. For information about accounting update records, see “Viewing Roaming Accounting Records” on page 505. To configure accounting on a RADIUS server, see the documentation for your RADIUS server.)

To view local accounting records, type the following command:

WX1200# display accounting statistics

During roaming, accounting is treated as a continuation of an existing session, rather than a new session. The following sample output shows a wireless user roaming from one WX switch to another WX switch.

From the accounting records, you can determine the user’s activities by viewing the Acct-Status-Type, which varies from START to UPDATE to STOP, and the Called-Station-Id, which is the MAC address of the MAP through which the wireless user accessed the network. The Acct-Multi-Session-Id is guaranteed to be globally unique for the client.

By entering display accounting statistics commands on each WX switch involved in the roaming, you can determine the user’s movements between WX switches when accounting is configured locally.

The user started on WX1200-0013:

WX1200-0013#display accounting statistics

May 21 17:01:32

Acct-Status-Type=START

Acct-Authentic=2

User-Name=Administrator@example.com

Acct-Multi-Session-Id=SESSION-4-1106424789

Event-Timestamp=1053536492

Vlan-Name=default

Calling-Station-Id=00-06-25-09-39-5D

Nas-Port-Id=1/1

Called-Station-Id=00-0B-0E-76-56-A8

The user roamed to WX1200-0017.

WX1200-0017#display accounting statistics

May 21 17:05:00

Acct-Status-Type=UPDATE

Acct-Authentic=2

Acct-Multi-Session-Id=SESSION-4-1106424789

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WX1200 3CRWX120695A, WX4400 3CRWX440095A, WXR100 3CRWXR10095A, WX2200 3CRWX220095A specifications

The 3Com WX2200 (3CRWX220095A), WX4400 (3CRWX440095A), WX1200 (3CRWX120695A), and WXR100 (3CRWXR10095A) are part of a robust suite of wireless networking solutions offered by 3Com, designed to meet the needs of modern enterprise environments. These devices provide reliable connectivity, flexibility, and scalability, making them ideal for businesses of all sizes.

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