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Access Point User Guide
Ethernet Statistics 

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Ethernet Statistics

The AP keeps Ethernet performance statistics, including packet transmission and data retries, until it is reset.

To view or change Ethernet statistics, select Statistics→Ethernet Statistics.

     

    Statistic

    Definition

    Packets Seen

    Packets received on the Ethernet interface.

    Packets Forwarded

    Packets forwarded from the Ethernet interface to other interfaces.

    • Discarded/No Match--Packets discarded because of unknown destinations (destinations not in the known list of database entries).
    • Discarded/Forced--Packets discarded because of the applied address filters.
    • Discarded/Buffer--Packets discarded because of insufficient buffers in AP.
    • Discarded/CRC--Packets discarded because of data errors.

    Broadcast/Multicast

    Total broadcast or multicast packets received.

    Individual Address

    Packets received with designated individual addresses.

    Packets Sent

    Total packets sent out.

    Any Collision

    Packets affected by at least one collision.

    1 + Collisions

    Packets affected by more than one collision.

    Maximum Collisions

    Packets affected by the maximum number of collision.

    Late Collisions

    Collisions occurring after the first 64 bytes.

    Defers

    The number of times the AP had to defer transmit requests on the Ethernet because of a busy medium.

You can dynamically update this information by using the Refresh option. Click Start Refresh at the bottom of the page to update the values approximately once every two seconds. Click Stop Refresh at the bottom of the page to terminate dynamic updates.

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