Installation Instructions

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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
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Chapter 7 Performing Diagnostics
Viewing the Current Status of Your Client Adapter
Associated Access Point
MAC Address
The MAC address of the access point to which your client adapter is
associated. It is shown only if the client adapter is in infrastructure
mode.
Note This field displays the MAC address of the access point’s
Ethernet port (for access points that do not run Cisco IOS) or
the MAC address of the access point’s radio (for access points
that run Cisco IOS). The MAC address of the Ethernet port on
access points that run Cisco IOS is printed on a label on the
back of the device.
Beacon Period Specifies the duration between beacon packets, which are used to help
clients find each other in ad hoc mode.
Range: Approximately 20 to 999 milliseconds (ms)
Note The beacon period is shown only if your client adapter is in ad
hoc mode.
Up Time (hh:mm:ss) The amount of time (in hours:minutes:seconds) that the client adapter
has been receiving power. If the adapter has been running for more than
24 hours, the time is displayed in days, hours:minutes:seconds.
Current Signal Strength The signal strength for all received packets. The higher the value and
the more green the bar graph is, the stronger the signal.
Range: 0 to 100% or –95 to –45 dBm
Current Signal Quality
(2.4-GHz client adapters)
The signal quality for all received packets. The higher the value and the
more green the bar graph is, the clearer the signal.
Range: 0 to 100%
Note This setting appears only for 2.4-GHz client adapters and only
if you selected signal strength to be displayed as a percentage.
See the Signal Strength Display Units parameter in Table 7-2
for information.
Current Noise Level
(2.4-GHz client adapters)
The level of background radio frequency energy in the 2.4-GHz band.
The lower the value and the more green the bar graph is, the less
background noise present.
Range: –100 to –45 dBm
Note This setting appears only for 2.4-GHz client adapters and only
if you selected signal strength to be displayed in dBm. See the
Signal Strength Display Units parameter in Table 7-2 for
information.
Table 7-3 Client Adapter Status (continued)
Status Description