Cisco Systems DL-2159-05 manual Performing Pings and Link Tests, Hops and Timing Information

Chapter 9 Network Management

Using the Association Table

The following four fields appear only on the Station page for an access point:

•Stations Associated—Displays, by number and class, all stations associated with the access point.

•Uptime—Displays the cumulative time the device has been operating since the last reset.

•Software Version—Displays the version level of Cisco software on the device.

•Announcement Packets—Total number of Announcement packets since the device was last reset.

Hops and Timing Information

The table at the bottom of the Station page lists information on the chain of devices, if any, between the device and the wired LAN, on the monitoring timeout for the device, and on the time of the most recent system activity.

•Hops to Infra.—The number of devices between this station and the network infrastructure.

•Activity Timeout—Total time that can elapse after the access point’s last data receipt before the access point presumes the client device has been turned off. See the Association Table Advanced Page, page 7-16for information on setting timeouts for each device class.

•Communication Over Interface—The network port over which the access point or bridge is communicating with the device.

•Echo Packets—The link test sequence number; it lists the total number of link test packets sent to this station.

•Latest Activity—Elapsed time in hours, minutes, and seconds since the station and the access point last communicated. All zeros means there is current communication.

Performing Pings and Link Tests

Use the ping and link test buttons to perform pings and link tests on the device. If the device is associated to the access point through which you reached the Station page, the link test button and packet fields appear. If the device is not associated with the access point, only the ping button and packet fields appear. The ping button might not appear if the access point cannot detect the device’s IP address.

Performing a Ping

Follow these steps to ping the device described on the Station page:

Step 1 To customize the size and number of packets sent during the ping, enter the number of packets and size of the packets in the Number of Pkts. and Pkt. Size fields.

Step 2 Click Ping.

The ping runs using the values in the Number of Pkts. and Pkt. Size fields, and a ping window appears listing the test results. To run the ping again, click Test Again. Figure 9-3shows a ping window.

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