Specifications

show ap counters
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Transmit Retries Number of times the radio retransmitted a unicast
packet because it was not acknowledged. The
UNIVERGE WL Access Points uses this counter to
adjust the transmit data rate for a client, in order to
minimize retries.
The ratio of transmit retries to transmitted packets
(TxUniPkt) indicates the overall transmit quality. A
ratio of about 1 retry to 10 transmitted packets
indicates good transmit quality. A ratio of 3 or more
to 10 indicates poor transmit quality.
Note: This counter includes unacknowledged probes.
Some clients do not respond to probes, which can
make this counter artificially high.
Noise Floor Received signal strength at which the UNIVERGE
WL Access Points can no longer distinguish 802.11
packets from ambient RF noise. A value around -90
or higher is good for an 802.11b/g radio. A value
around -80 or higher is good for an 802.11a radio.
Values near 0 can indicate RF interference.
802.3 Packet Rx Ct Number of raw 802.3 packets received by the radio.
These are LocalTalk (AppleTalk) frames. This
counter increments only if LocalTalk traffic is
present.
The counters above are global for all data rates. The counters below are for
individual data rates.
Note: If counters for lower data rates are incrementing but counters for higher
data rates are not incrementing, this can indicate poor throughput. The poor
throughput can be caused by interference. If the cause is not interference or the
interference cannot be eliminated, you might need to relocate the UNIVERGE
WL Access Points in order to use the higher data rates and therefore improve
throughput.
TxUniPkt Number of unicast packets transmitted by the radio.
TxMultiPkt Number of multicast packets transmitted by the
radio.
Table 36. Output for show ap counters
Field Description