Chapter 8: Managing, Troubleshooting, and Upgrading Access Points

Table 64. AP Connections Screen Fields (Continued)

Display Field

Description

 

 

 

 

MAC Address

Shows the address of the connected device.

 

If another access point is connected to this

 

access point, you see the Ethernet MAC address.

 

If a WAP is connected to this access point, you

 

see the radio MAC address.

 

Click the hyperlink to perform a MAC ping or

 

display a radio link statistics screen.

 

 

Type

Indicates the nature of the connection:

 

Root/Parent or Parent: Indicates an access point

 

serving as root access point or parent, to which

 

this access point is connected.

 

Pending Root: Indicates that this access point

 

has found a suitable spanning tree and is

 

attempting to join the tree.

 

AP: Indicates an access point linked to this root

 

access point via the Ethernet.

 

AP Wireless: Indicates an access point bridging

 

for a wireless secondary LAN linked to this

 

access point.

 

AP Tunnel: Indicates an access point bridging for

 

an IP tunnel linked to this root access point.

 

AP Remote: Indicates an access point serving as

 

a child on a secondary LAN.

 

Term: Indicates a wireless end device connected

 

to a radio port on this access point.

 

EHost: Indicates a secondary LAN Ethernet

 

device for which this access point provides

 

bridging to the spanning tree.

 

 

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