Chapter 3 Status Screens

 

 

 

 

 

Table 3 The Status Screen (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

LAN

This field displays the number of wireless clients currently associated to

 

 

 

the first wireless module. Each wireless module supports up to 32

 

 

 

concurrent associations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WLAN

This field displays the number of wireless clients currently associated to

 

 

 

the second wireless module. Each wireless module supports up to 32

 

 

 

concurrent associations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statistics

Click this link to view port status and packet specific statistics. See

 

 

 

Section 3.1.1 on page 35.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Association List

Click this to see a list of wireless clients currently associated to each of

 

 

 

the NWA’s wireless modules. See Section 15.4 on page 129.

 

 

 

 

 

 

View Log

Click this to see a list of logs produced by the NWA. See Chapter 14 on

 

 

 

page 123.

 

 

 

 

 

3.1.1 System Statistics Screen

Use this screen to view read-only information, including 802.11 Mode, Channel ID, Retry Count and FCS Error Count. Also provided is the "poll interval". The Poll Interval field is configurable. The fields in this screen vary according to the current wireless mode of each WLAN adaptor.

Click Status > Statistics. The following screen pops up.

Figure 16 System Status: Statistics

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 4 System Status: Show Statistics

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Description

This is the wireless LAN adaptor.

 

 

802.11 Mode

This field shows which 802.11 mode the NWA is using.

 

 

Channel ID

Click this to see which wireless channels are currently in use in the local area.

 

See Section 15.5 on page 130.

 

 

RX PKT

This is the number of received packets on this port.

 

 

TX PKT

This is the number of transmitted packets on this port.

 

 

Retry Count

This is the total number of retries for transmitted packets (TX).

 

 

FCS Error Count

This is the ratio percentage showing the total number of checksum error of

 

received packets (RX) over total RX.

 

 

Poll Interval

Enter the time interval for refreshing statistics.

 

 

Set Interval

Click this button to apply the new poll interval you entered above.

 

 

Stop

Click this button to stop refreshing statistics.

 

 

 

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