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Chapter 7 Performing Diagnostics

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.

Figure 7-5 Link Status Meter Screen

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