Chapter 3 Status Screens

Table 4 The Status Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Registration Type

This field is available only when the NWA is in AP controller

 

management mode.

 

This displays Manual when an access point in managed AP mode

 

needs to register to the NWA manually or Always Accept when

 

the NWA automatically adds any detected access point in

 

managed AP mode to the managed AP list.

 

 

Management Mode

This field is available only when the NWA is in AP controller

 

management mode.

 

This displays Controller when the NWA is in AP controller

 

management mode.

 

 

System Resources

 

 

 

Flash

This field displays the amount of the NWA’s flash memory

 

currently in use. The flash memory is used to store firmware and

 

SSID profiles.

 

 

Memory

This field displays what percentage of the NWA’s volatile memory

 

is currently in use. The higher the memory usage, the more likely

 

the NWA is to slow down. Some memory is required just to start

 

the NWA and to run the web configurator.

 

 

CPU

This field displays what percentage of the NWA’s processing ability

 

is currently being used. The higher the CPU usage, the more likely

 

the NWA is to slow down.

 

 

WLAN1

This field is not available when the NWA is in AP controller

Associations

management mode.

 

This field displays the number of wireless clients currently

 

associated with the first wireless module. Each wireless module

 

supports up to 128 concurrent associations.

 

 

WLAN2

This field is not available when the NWA is in AP controller

Associations

management mode.

 

This field displays the number of wireless clients currently

 

associated with the second wireless module. Each wireless module

 

supports up to 128 concurrent associations.

 

 

Interface Status

This section is not available when the NWA is in AP controller

 

management mode.

 

 

Interface

This column displays each interface of the NWA.

 

 

Status

This field indicates whether or not the NWA is using the interface.

 

For each interface, this field displays Up when the NWA is using

 

the interface and Down when the NWA is not using the interface.

 

 

Rate

For the LAN port this displays the port speed and duplex setting.

 

For the WLAN1 and WLAN2 interfaces, it displays the downstream

 

and upstream transmission rate or N/A if the interface is not in

 

use.

 

 

SSID Status

This section is not available when the NWA is in AP controller

 

management mode.

 

 

Interface

This column displays each of the NWA’s wireless interfaces,

 

WLAN1 and WLAN2.

 

 

42

 

NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User’s Guide