Installation guide

Wireless Guide 143
Advanced Features for Wireless Analysis
 Frames send and received by 802.11b/g stations will be broken out into
data rate categories between 1 Mbps and 11 Mbps.
Regardless of whether the station is 802.11a or 802.11b/g, there will still be a
Total counter indicating the total number of the indicated type of frame
transmitted and received by this station in all service categories.
Table 10-13. Counters in the Traffic Statistics Table (1 of 2)
Counter Description
Frames The number of frames sent and received by this
station, broken out by service category.
Bytes The number of bytes sent and received by this
station, broken out by service category.
Avg frame length (bytes) The average length of the frames sent and
received by this station, broken out by service
category.
Broadcast The number of broadcast frames sent and
received by this station, broken out by service
category.
Multicast The number of multicast frames sent and
received by this station, broken out by service
category.
Data The number of data frames sent from the
station, received by the station, and the total
number of data frames sent and received by the
station.
Data packets are used to transmit data between
stations.
Management The number of management frames sent and
received by this station, broken out by service
category.
Management packets are used to set up the
initial communications between stations and
access points on the wireless network.
Control The number of control frames sent and
received by this station, broken out by service
category.
Control frames are used to regulate the
transmission of data frames after initial
authentication has taken place.