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Display User Activity

You can display the event types displayed for the user. Disassociation events can occur, and users dropped from the network. These events can indicate the reason why access is barred or performance slow for the user. For example, typical authorization failures occur if the local database or RADIUS server fails to recognize a user.

To display user activity

1Click on the Monitor option in the main 3WXM tool bar.

2Select the Client Monitor view.

3Click on the Client Sessions tab and select a user.

4Select the Location History tab to see where the user has been. From here, you can determine the areas in the WLAN where interference is occurring.

View Long-Term User Statistics

If the user’s complaint cannot be traced to a specific problem using current statistics, you can view user activity for the next 30 days.

To view long-term user statistics

1Click on the Client Watch List tab and select the user.

2In the Client Details section of the window, select Trend: Lifetime AP Stats to graph the watch list user’s activity over all MAPs.

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3Com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A manual Display User Activity, To display user activity, View Long-Term User Statistics

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