D-Link Unified Access System User Manual

The font color for the AP listing indicates that the AP is one of the following types:

Green—Managed AP

Red—Failed AP

Gray—Rogue AP

Table 26 describes the fields on the All Access Points page.

Table 26. Monitoring All Access Points

Field

Description

MAC Address

Shows the MAC address of the access point.

 

 

Location

A location description for the AP. This is the value configured in the valid

 

AP database (either locally or on the RADIUS server).

 

 

IP Address

The network address of the access point.

 

 

Firmware Version

Shows the version of D-Link Access Point software that the AP is running.

 

 

Age

Shows how much time has passed since the AP was last detected and the

 

information was last updated.

 

 

Status

Shows the access point status:

 

Managed—The AP profile configuration has been applied to the AP and

 

it's operating in managed mode.

 

• No Database Entry—The MAC address of the AP does not appear in the

 

local or RADIUS Valid AP database.

 

• Authentication (Failed AP)—The AP failed to be authenticated by the

 

WCS or RADIUS server.

 

Failed—The WCS lost contact with the AP; a failed entry will remain in

 

the managed AP database unless you remove it. Note that a managed AP

 

will temporarily show a failed status during a reset.

 

Rogue—The AP has not attempted to contact the switch, and the MAC

 

address of the AP is not in the Valid AP database.

 

• Acknowledged Rogue—The AP has been acknowledged as a known

 

rogue, and its MAC address of the AP is in the Valid AP database.

 

 

Profile

The AP profile configuration currently applied to the managed AP. The

 

profile is assigned to the AP in the valid AP database.

 

NOTE: Once an AP is discovered and managed by the WCS, if the profile is

 

changed in the valid AP database (either locally or on the RADIUS server)

 

the AP is automatically reset when a new profile is assigned.

 

 

Radio

Shows the wireless radio mode that each radio on the AP is using. The

 

D-Link DWL-3500AP access point has one radio, and the D-Link

 

DWL-8500AP access point has two radios.

 

 

Channel

Shows the operating channel for the radio.

 

 

Authenticated

Shows the number of wireless clients that are associated and authenticated

Clients

with the access point per radio.

 

 

NOTE:Some values for APs in the All Access Points list are unknown. The unknown values are listed as N/A.

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