Chapter 5 Controller AP Mode

Figure 23 AP Controller: the Status Screen

The following table describes the new labels in this screen.

Table 9 AP Controller: the Status Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Registration Type

This field displays how the managed APs are registered with the NWA.

 

• Manual displays if you add unmanaged APs to the NWA’s list of

 

managed APs manually.

 

• Always Accept displays if the NWA automatically manages any

 

CAPWAP-enabled AP that transmits a management request over the

 

network.

 

 

Management Mode

When the NWA is in AP controller mode, this displays Controller.

 

 

On-line

This field displays the number of access points, managed by the NWA, that

 

are currently active.

 

 

Off-line

This field displays the number of access points, managed by the NWA, that

 

are not currently active (turned off or otherwise unreachable on the

 

network).

 

 

Un-managed

This field displays the number of access points on the network that are not

 

managed by the NWA, but are transmitting CAPWAP management

 

requests.

 

 

802.11a

This field displays the number of wireless clients associated with APs

 

managed by the NWA (including the NWA itself) using IEEE 802.1a.

 

 

802.11b/g

This field displays the number of wireless clients associated with APs

 

managed by the NWA (including the NWA itself) using IEEE 802.1b or

 

IEEE 802.11g.

 

 

AP List

Click this to see a list of the APs managed by the NWA.

 

 

AP Statistics

Click this to see packet statistics related to each of the APs managed by

 

the NWA.

 

 

Association List

Click this to see information about each of the wireless clients connected

 

to APs managed by the NWA.

 

 

SSID Information

Click this to see details of the security settings used by each SSID, and the

 

number of wireless clients associated with each SSID.

 

 

56

 

NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User’s Guide