Chapter 7 Viewing Status and Statistics

Viewing Statistics for Your Client Adapter

Table 7-6interprets each element of the Advanced Statistics window.

Table 7-6 Advanced Client Adapter Statistics

Status

Description

 

 

Transmit Statistics

 

 

 

Frames Transmitted OK

The number of frames that were transmitted successfully.

 

 

Frames Retried

The number of frames that were retried.

 

 

Frames Dropped

The number of frames that were dropped because of errors or

 

collisions.

 

 

No ACK Frames

The number of transmitted frames that did not have their corresponding

 

Ack frame received successfully.

 

 

ACK Frames

The number of transmitted frames that had their corresponding Ack

 

frame received successfully.

 

 

RTS Frames

The number of request-to-send (RTS) transmissions that were

 

attempted.

 

 

CTS Frames

The number of clear-to-send (CTS) frames that were received in

 

response to a successfully transmitted RTS frame.

 

 

No CTS Frames

The number of request-to-send (RTS) transmissions that were

 

unsuccessful. The access point sends CTS frames in response to the

 

client’s RTS frames. This field keeps track of each time the client does

 

not receive a CTS back from the access point.

 

 

Retried RTS Frames

The number of request-to-send (RTS) frames that were retransmitted.

 

 

Retried Data Frames

The number of normal data frames that were retransmitted.

 

 

Receive Statistics

 

 

 

Beacons Received

The number of beacon frames that were received successfully.

 

 

Frames Received OK

The number of all frames that were received successfully.

 

 

Frames Received with Errors

The number of frames that were received with an invalid checksum.

 

 

CRC Errors

The number of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) errors detected in the

 

data portion of the frame.

 

 

Encryption Errors

The number of frames that were received with encryption errors.

 

 

Duplicate Frames

The number of duplicate frames that were received.

 

 

AP Mismatches

The number of times the client adapter tried to associate to an access

 

point but was unable to because the access point was not the adapter’s

 

specified access point.

 

Note Refer to the Access Point 1 through Access Point 4 parameters

 

on page 5-13for information on specifying access points.

 

 

Data Rate Mismatches

The number of times the client adapter tried to associate to an access

 

point but was unable to because the adapter’s data rate was not

 

supported by the access point.

 

Note Refer to the Wireless Mode parameter in Table 5-3for

 

information on supported data rates.

 

 

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