Pinging individual mus – Brocade Mobility 7131N-FGR Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.0.0.0-35GRN and later) User Manual

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Viewing MU statistics summary

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7. Refer to the Errors field to view MU retry information and statistics on packets not transmitted.

8. Click OK to exit the screen.

Pinging individual MUs

The Brocade Mobility 7131N-FGR Access Point can verify its link with an MU by sending WNMP
ping packets to the associated MU. Use the Echo Test screen to specify a target MU and configure
the parameters of the ping test.

NOTE

An echo test initiated from the Brocade Mobility 7131N-FGR Access Point MU Stats Summary
screen uses WNMP pings. Therefore, target clients that are not Brocade MUs are unable to respond
to the echo test.

To ping a specific MU to assess its connection with a Brocade Mobility 7131N-FGR Access Point:

1. Select Status and Statistics - > MU Stats from the Brocade Mobility 7131N-FGR Access Point

menu tree.

2. Select the Echo Test button from within the MU Stats Summary screen

3. Specify the following ping test parameters.

Avg MU Signal

Displays RF signal strength in dBm for the target MU. The number
in black represents signal information for the last 30 seconds and
the number in blue represents signal information for the last hour.

Avg MU Noise

Displays RF noise for the target MU. The number in black
represents noise for the last 30 seconds, the number in blue
represents noise for the last hour.

Avg MU SNR

Displays the Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) for the target MU. The
Signal to Noise Ratio is an indication of overall RF performance on
your wireless network.

Avg Num of Retries

Displays the average number of retries for the MU. The number in
black represents average retries for the last 30 seconds and the
number in blue represents average retries for the last hour.

Dropped Packets

Displays the percentage of packets the AP gave up as not received
on for the selected MU. The number in black represents the
percentage of packets for the last 30 seconds and the number in
blue represents the percentage of packets for the last hour.

% of Undecryptable
Pkts

Displays the percentage of undecryptable packets for the MU. The
number in black represents the percentage of undecryptable
packets for the last 30 seconds and the number in blue
represents the percentage of undecryptable packets for the last
hour.

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.

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