
Menus and Parameters
Sp (Special): 3 addresses that are always present, including:
¾The MAC address of the AU.
¾Alvarion's Multicast address
¾The Ethernet Broadcast address
In addition, a summary table displays information about the Forwarding Database (Bridging Info) and the Associated Subscriber Units Database (Association Info). Each database includes the following information:
The current number of entries. For Bridging Info this includes the Et (Ethernet) and the Vp (Virtual ports) entries. For Association Info this is the number of the currently associated SUs.
NOTE
An SU is only removed from the list of associated SUs under the following conditions:
The SU failed to respond to 100 consecutive data frames transmitted by the AU and is considered to have "aged out".
During the last 6 minutes (or more) the SU did not transmit any data frame, and failed to respond to certain frames that typically are transmitted by the AU every 10 seconds. Since the sampling interval for this state is about 10 minutes, it means that the decision to remove the SU from the Associations Database will take place between 6 to 16 minutes from the time the SU ceased sending data or responding to these
The aging time specified for entries in these tables. The aging time for Bridging Info is as specified by the Bridge Aging Time parameter. The default is 300 seconds. There is no aging time for Association Info entries.
The maximum number of entries permitted for these tables, which is 1021 (1024 minus the number of special Sp addresses as defined above) for Bridging Info and as specified by the Maximum Number of Associations parameter for Association Info. The default value of the Maximum Number of Associations parameter is 512.
Display Association Info: Displays information regarding the Subscriber Units associated with the AU. Each list entry includes the following information:
The MAC Address of the associated Subscriber Unit
Age in seconds, indicating the elapsed time since receiving the last packet from the Subscriber Unit.