Motorola AP-51XX User Manual

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AP-51xx Access Point Product Reference Guide

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3.

Refer to the

Traffic

field to view performance and throughput information for the WLAN

selected from the access point menu tree.

ESSID

Displays the Extended Service Set ID (ESSID) for the target WLAN.

Radio/s

Displays the name of the 802.11a or 802.11b/g radio the target
WLAN is using for access point transmissions.

Authentication Type

Displays the authentication type (802.1x EAP or Kerberos) defined
for the WLAN. If the authentication type does not match the
desired scheme for the WLAN or needs to be enabled, see

Enabling

Authentication and Encryption Schemes on page 6-5

.

Encryption Type

Displays the encryption method defined for the WLAN. If the
encryption type does not match the desired scheme for the WLAN
or needs to be enabled, see

Enabling Authentication and

Encryption Schemes on page 6-5

.

Num. Associated MUs Displays the total number of MUs currently associated with the

WLAN. If this number seems excessive, consider segregating MU’s
to other WLANs if appropriate.

Pkts per second

The

Total

column displays the average total packets per second

crossing the selected WLAN. The

Rx

column displays the average

total packets per second received on the selected WLAN. The

Tx

column displays the average total packets per second sent on the
selected WLAN. The number in black represents this statistic for
the last 30 seconds and the number in blue represents this statistic
for the last hour.

Throughput

The

Total

column displays average throughput in Mbps for a given

time period on the selected WLAN. The

Rx

column displays

average throughput in Mbps for packets received on the selected
WLAN. The

Tx

column displays average throughput for packets

sent on the selected WLAN. The number in black represents
statistics for the last 30 seconds and the number in blue represents
statistics for the last hour. Use this information to assess whether
the current access point data rate is sufficient to support required
network traffic.

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