Brocade Mobility 5181 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0) - Manual (Page 209)

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Viewing the mesh statistics summary
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Client authentication statistics
The Mobility 5181 Access Point can access and display authentication statistics for individual
Clients.
To view Mobility 5181 Access Point authentication statistics for a specific Client:
1. Select Status and Statistics - > Client Stats from the Mobility 5181 Access Point menu tree.
2. Highlight a target Client from within the Client List field.
3. Click the Client Authentication Statistics button
Use the displayed statistics to determine if the target Client would be better served with a
different Mobility 5181 Access Point WLAN or Mobility 5181 Access Point radio.
4. Click Ok to return to the Client Stats Summary screen.
Viewing the mesh statistics summary
The Mobility 5181 Access Point has the capability of detecting and displaying the properties of
other access points in mesh network (either base bridges or client bridges) mode. This information
is used to create a list of known wireless bridges.
To view detected mesh network statistics:
1. Select Status and Statistics -> Mesh Stats from the Mobility 5181 Access Point menu tree.
The Mesh Statistics Summary screen displays the following information:
2. Click the Refresh button to update the display of the Mesh Statistics Summary screen to the
latest values.
3. Click the Details button to display address and radio information for those access points in a
client bridge configuration with this detecting access point.
Conn Type Displays whether the bridge has been defined as a base bridge or
a client bridge. For information on defining configuring the access
point as either a base or client bridge, see
“Configuring mesh
networking support” on page 363.
MAC Address The unique 48-bit, hard-coded Media Access Control address,
known as the devices station identifier. This value is hard coded at
the factory by the manufacturer and cannot be changed.
WLAN Displays the WLAN name each wireless bridge is interoperating
with.
Radio Displays the name of the 802.11a or 802.11b/g radio each bridge
is associated with.
T-put Displays the total throughput in Megabits per second (Mbps) for
each associated bridge.
ABS Displays the Average Bit Speed (ABS) in Megabits per second
(Mbps) for each associated bridge.
Retries Displays the average number of retries per packet. A high number
retries could indicate possible network or hardware problems.