Chapter 10 Monitor

10.9 WLAN Interface Station Monitor Screen

The station monitor displays the connection status of the wireless clients connected to (or trying to connect to) a IEEE 802.11b/g card installed in the ZyWALL.

To open the station monitor, click Monitor > System Status > WLAN Status. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 239 Monitor > System Status > WLAN Status

The following table describes the labels in this menu.

Table 37 Monitor > System Status > WLAN Status

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Station

Select the location where the IEEE 802.11b/g is located.

List

 

 

 

#

This is the index number of the MAC address.

 

 

MAC

This displays the MAC address (in XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX format) of a

Address

connected wireless station.

 

 

Strength

This displays the strength of the wireless client’s radio signal. The signal

 

strength mainly depends on the antenna output power and the wireless

 

client’s distance from the ZyWALL.

 

 

Connect

This displays what data transfer rate of the wireless client’s connection to the

Rate

ZyWALL. This field displays up to the standard IEEE 802.11g connection rate

 

of 54 Mbps. It does not display higher, even if you enable super mode. The

 

display on your wireless clients may vary.

 

 

Interface

This is the name of the wireless LAN interface on the ZyWALL to which the

 

wireless client is connected.

 

 

Refresh

Click this button to update the information in the screen.

 

 

 

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