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3. Refer to the Port Interface Table to assess the state of the traffic over the ports listed within
the table for the root and bridge and designated bridges.
4. Click the Logout button to securely exit the Access Point applet. There will be a prompt
confirming logout before the applet is closed.
Viewing wireless statistics
Use the WLAN Statistics Summary screen to view overview statistics for active (enabled) WLANs on
the Mobility 5181 Access Point. The WLAN Summary field displays basic information such as
number of Wireless Clients and total throughput for each of the active WLANs. The Total RF Traffic
section displays basic throughput information for all RF activity on the Mobility 5181 Access Point.
The WLAN Statistics Summary screen is view-only with no user configurable data fields.
Bridge Hello Time
The Bridge Hello Time is the time between each bridge protocol
data unit sent. This time is equal to 2 seconds (sec) by default, but
can tuned between 1 and 10 sec. For information on setting the
Bridge Hello Time, see
“Setting the LAN configuration for mesh
on page 363. The 802.1d specification
recommends the Hello Time be set to a value less than half of the
Max Message age value.
Bridge Forward Delay
The Bridge Forward Delay value is the time spent in a listening and
learning state. This time is equal to 15 sec by default, but you can
tune the time to be between 4 and 30 sec. For information on
setting the Bridge Forward Delay, see
configuration for mesh networking support”
Port ID
Identifies the port from which the configuration message was
sent.
State
Displays whether a bridge is forwarding traffic to other members of
the mesh network (over this port) or blocking traffic. Each viable
member of the mesh network must forward traffic to extent the
coverage area of the mesh network.
Path Cost
The root path cost is the distance (cost) from the sending bridge to
the root bridge.
Designated Root
Displays the MAC address of the access point defined with the
lowest priority within the Mesh STP Configuration screen.
Designated Bridge
There is only one root bridge within each mesh network. All other
bridges are designated bridges that look to the root bridge for
several mesh network timeout values. For information on root and
bridge designations, see
“Setting the LAN configuration for mesh
Designated Port
Each designated bridge must use a unique port. The value listed
represents the port used by each bridge listed within the table to
route traffic to other members of the mesh network.
Designated Cost
Displays the unique distance between each access point MAC
address listed in the Designated Bridge column and the access
point MAC address listed in the Designated Root column.