Symbol Technologies AP-5131 - Manual (Page 288)

AP-5131 Access Point Product Reference Guide 7-28
To ping a specific MU to assess its connection with an AP-5131:
1. Select Status and Statistics - > MU Stats from the AP-5131 menu tree.
2. Select the Echo Test button from within the MU Stats Summary screen
3. Specify the following ping test parameters.
4. Click the Ping button to begin transmitting ping packets to the station address specified.
Refer to the Number of Responses parameter to assess the number of responses from the
target MU versus the number of pings transmitted by the AP-5131. Use the ratio of packets
sent versus packets received to assess the link quality between MU and the AP-5131
Click the Ok button to exit the Echo Test screen and return to the MU Stats Summary screen.
7.5.3 MU Authentication Statistics
The AP-5131 can access and display authentication statistics for individual MUs.
To view AP-5131 authentication statistics for a specific MU:
1. Select Status and Statistics - > MU Stats from the AP-5131 menu tree.
2. Highlight a target MU from within the MU List field.
3. Click the MU Authentication Statistics button
Use the displayed statistics to determine if the target MU would be better served with a
different AP-5131 WLAN or AP-5131 radio.
4. Click Ok to return to the MU Stats Summary screen.
Station Address The IP address of the target MU. Refer to the MU Stats Summary
screen for associated MU IP address information.
Number of ping Specify the number of ping packets to transmit to the target MU.
The default is 100.
Packet Length Specify the length of each data packet transmitted to the target
MU during the ping test. The default is 100 bytes.
Packet Data Defines the data to be transmitted as part of the test.