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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
Diagnostics Utilities
The wireless VPN firewall provides diagnostic tools that help you analyze the status of the
network and traffic conditions. Two types of tools are available:
•Network diagnostic tools. These tools include a ping utility, traceroute utility, and DNS
lookup utility, and the option to display the routing tables.
•Packet capture tool. This tools lets you capture packets per interface in real time for a
short period, and then download the packet information.
Note: For normal operation, diagnostic tools are not required.
To display the Diagnostics screen:
1. Select Monitoring > Diagnostics. The Diagnostics screen displays the IPv4 settings (see
the next screen).
Dropped The number of received (rx) and transmitted (tx) dropped packets on the access point.
Multicast The number of received (rx) and transmitted (tx) multicast packets on the access point.
Collisions The number of signal collisions that have occurred on the access point. A collision occurs
when the access point attempts to send data at the same time as a wireless station that is
connected to the access point.
Connected Clients
MAC Address The MAC address of the client.
Radio The radio to which the client is connected. By default, the radio is always 1, indicating the
2.4 GHz radio.
Security The type of security that the client is using (Open, WEP, WPA, WPA2, or WPA+WPA2).
Encryption The type of encryption that the client is using (CCMP, TKIP, or TKIP + CCMP).
Authentication The type of authentication that the client is using (Open, PSK, RADIUS, or PSK+RADIUS).
Time
Connected The period in minutes since the connection was established between the access point and
the client.
Table 90. Access Point screen fields (continued)
Item Description