Chapter 5

Advanced Configuration

Statistics > RMON History

The RMON History screen contains information about samples of data taken from ports. For example, the samples may include interface definitions or polling periods.

Statistics > RMON History

The RMON History Control screen is divided into RMON History and Log Table.

Source Interface  Displays the interface from which the history samples were taken. The possible field values are:

•• Port  Specifies the port from which the RMON information was taken.

•• LAG  Specifies the port from which the RMON information was taken.

Sampling Interval  Indicates (in seconds) the time that samplings are taken from the ports. The field range is 1–3600. The default is 1800 seconds (equal to 30 minutes).

Max No  of Samples to Keep. Indicates the number of samples to save.

Owner  Displays the RMON station or user that requested the RMON information. The field range is 0–20characters.

The Add to List button adds the configured RMON sampling to the Log Table at the bottom of the screen.

Log Table

Source Interface  Displays the interface from which the history samples were taken.

Sampling Interval  Indicates the time in seconds that samplings are taken from the port.

Sampling Requested  Displays the number of samples to be saved. The field range is 1–65,535. The default value is 50.

Current Number of Samples  Displays the current number of samples taken.

View History Table button  This button opens the RMON History screen.

RMON History

The RMON History screen contains interface-specific statistical network samplings. Each table entry represents all counter values compiled during a single sample.

RMON History Table

History Entry No  Displays the history table entry number.

Owner  Displays the RMON station or user that requested the RMON information. The field range is 0–20 characters.

Sample No  Indicates the sample number from which the statistics were taken.

Drop Events  Displays the number of dropped events that have occurred on the interface since the device was last refreshed. This option is not available on the SRW224G4 and SRW248G4.

Received Bytes (Octets)  Displays the number of octets received on the interface since the device was last refreshed. This number includes bad packets and FCS octets, but excludes framing bits.

Received Packets  Displays the number of packets received on the interface since the device was last refreshed, including bad packets, Multicast and Broadcast packets.

Broadcast Packets  Displays the number of good Broadcast packets received on the interface since the device was last refreshed. This number does not include Multicast packets.

Multicast Packets  Displays the number of good Multicast packets received on the interface since the device was last refreshed.

CRC Align Errors  Displays the number of CRC and Align errors that have occurred on the interface since the device was last refreshed.

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Linksys SRW2024, SRW248G4, SRW2048, SRW224G4, SRW2016 manual Statistics Rmon History, Log Table

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