User's Manual Part 1
Table Of Contents
- contents
- Preface
- Product Overview
- Preparing for Installation
- Installing the Client Adapter
- Using the Profile Manager
- Configuring the Client Adapter
- Overview
- Setting System Parameters
- Setting RF Network Parameters
- Setting Advanced Infrastructure Parameters
- Setting Advanced Ad Hoc Parameters
- Setting Network Security Parameters
- Using EAP Authentication
- Performing Diagnostics
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Chapter 7 Performing Diagnostics
Viewing the Link Status Meter
Viewing the Link Status Meter
ACU’s link status meter can be used to assess the performance of your client adapter’s RF link. If this
tool is used to assess the RF link at various locations, you can avoid areas where performance is weak
and eliminate the risk of losing the connection between your client adapter and an access point.
To open the link status meter, open ACU; then click the Link Status Meter icon or select Link Status
Meter from the Commands drop-down menu. The Link Status Meter screen appears (see Figure 7-5).
Note The name of the current profile appears in parentheses at the top of the screen.
Packets Deferred Energy Detect The number of packets that were delayed because RF energy was
already detected. This condition is usually caused by another
radio transmitting a packet or by some other RF source jamming
the signal (such as a microwave oven).
Packets Retry Long The number of normal data packets that were retransmitted.
Packets Retry Short The number of request-to-send (RTS) packets that were
retransmitted.
Packets Max Retries The number of packets that failed to be transmitted successfully
after exhausting the maximum number of retries.
Packets Ack Received The number of transmitted packets that had their corresponding
acknowledgment (Ack) packet received successfully.
Packets No Ack Received The number of transmitted packets that did not have their
corresponding Ack packet received successfully.
Packets CTS Received The number of clear-to-send (CTS) packets that were received in
response to an RTS packet.
Packets No CTS Received The number of packets for which no CTS packet was received in
response to an RTS packet.
Packets Aged The number of packets that were discarded by the client adapter
because they were not transmitted successfully within 5 seconds.
Table 7-4 Client Adapter Statistics (continued)
Statistic Description