Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.01.03 or greater

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Wireless Network Management

Monitoring the Wireless Network

This section will show you where to view information about wireless stations

and wireless network activity. It will also provide you with some tips in

interpreting this information.

You can monitor:

■ wireless stations’ associations (Device Information > Wireless Stations)

■ wireless statistics

• individual statistics for traffic to and from each wireless station

(Device Information > Wireless Statistics)

• average statistics for all traffic to and from an RP radio (Network

Setup > Radio > Statistics)

• average statistics for all traffic in a wireless LAN (WLAN) (Network

Setup > WLAN Setup > Statistics)

• average statistics for all traffic to and from all RPs on this module

(Network Setup > Module Statistics)

■ RPs (Device Information > Radio Port/LAN Statistics)

When troubleshooting, you can compare the various wireless statistics to

determine, for example, whether congestion seems to be problem throughout

a WLAN or is centered on a particular RP or group of RPs.

Wireless Stations

The Wireless Edge Services xl Module stores information about the associa-

tions that adopted RPs have established with wireless stations. You should

view this information to monitor network activity and look for intruders. You

can also use this information to help a wireless user who is having difficulty

with his or her connection.