3Com Megahertz
Access Point User Guide
Wireless Clients 

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Wireless Clients

Wireless Client statistics provide information on wireless clients associated with an AP. The statistics include information on data sent and received, activity and association. A wireless client shows only in the Home/Foreign Agent Table screens when the wireless client has roamed to another AP on a different subnet. Once a wireless client has roamed, the wireless client IP Address displays on the Home Agent Table screen of the wireless client's home AP with the IP Address of the Foreign Agent to tell the "home" AP where to forward packets.

The wireless client IP Address is also shown in the Foreign Agent Table and Regular screens of the new "foreign" AP to tell the new AP where to expect packets from for newly associated wireless clients. The AP Regular screen shows the wireless clients associated locally on the same subnet.

  1. Select Wireless Client from the Main Menu.
  2. Use the Tab or arrow keys to highlight the desired screen.
  3. Press Enter to display the screen you selected.
  4. Select Regular at the Wireless Clients prompt.
  5. The display shows the currently associated wireless clients listed by MAC address. The list appears as follows: addr [p:i#:e]
     

    Variable

    Description

    addr

    Wireless client MAC address (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx format)

    p

    Wireless clients power mode:

    • P-PSP
    • C-CAM.

    An unassociated wireless client does not display any character

    i

    Wireless client location on AP interfaces:

    • R-radio,
    • P-PPP.
    • A-associated with AP in the past, but not at time of verifying status

    #

    Current AP radio transmit rate (Mbps) for messages sent to this wireless client.

    V

    Indicates a 3Com voice-enabled device.

  6. Select Start Refresh to have the AP automatically update the display every two seconds.
  7. The information displayed about the wireless client includes the following:
    :

    Category

    Description

    Interface

    Displays the wireless client connection (RF, Ethernet, PPP or AP)

    State

    Connection state between the AP and the wireless client:

    • Host-unit is on AP or PPP interface
    • Associated-current association on radio interface
    • Away-unit is no longer associated with AP.

    Power Mode

    Wireless client power mode (CAM, PSP, or N/A)

    Station ID

    The IEEE 802.11 specification requires that each AP assign a station ID to all associated wireless clients, regardless of the wireless client power mode (PSP or CAM)

    Begin Current Assoc

    Time at which current association began (hh:mm:ss)

    Supported Rates

    Indicates data station supported transmission rates

    Current Xmt Rate

    Current rate of AP-station data transmissions

    Packets Sent

    Number of packets sent by AP to wireless client

    Packets Rcvd

    Number of packets received by AP from wireless client

    Bytes Sent

    Number of bytes sent by AP to wireless client

    Bytes Rcvd

    Number of bytes received by AP from wireless client

    Discard Pkts/CRC

    Number of packets discarded because of data error

    Last Activity

    Amount of time since the last communication with AP (hh:mm:ss)

    Last Data Activity

    Amount of time since the last data transfer (hh:mm:ss)

  8. Select Refresh at the bottom of the window to update the values manually.
  9. Press Close to return to the previous menu.