Section 2: Viewing Access Point System Status
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Status The Authenticated and Associated Status shows the
underlying IEEE 802.11 authentication and association
status, which is present no matter which type of security
the client uses to connect to the AP. This status does not
show other (IEEE 802.1X) authentication or association
status.
Some points to keep in mind with regard to this field are:
• If the AP security mode is None or Static WEP, the
authentication and association status of clients
showing on the Client Associations tab will be in
line with what is expected; that is, if a client shows
as authenticated to the AP, it will be able to transmit
and receive data. (This is because Static WEP uses
only IEEE 802.11 authentication.)
• If the AP uses IEEE 802.1X or WPA security, however,
it is possible for a client association to show on this
tab as authenticated (via the IEEE 802.11 security)
but actually not be authenticated to the AP via the
second layer of security.
From Station
These fields report information about traffic sent from a wireless client to
the AP.
Packets The number of packets received from the wireless client.
Bytes The number of bytes received from the wireless client.
Drop Packets The number of packets that were dropped after being
received.
Drop Bytes The number of bytes that were dropped after being
received.
TS Violate
Packets
The number of packets sent from a wireless client to the
AP in excess of its active TS uplink bandwidth, or for an
access category requiring admission control to which
the wireless client has not been admitted.
To Station
These fields report information about traffic sent from the AP to a wireless
client.
Packets The number of packets sent from the AP to the wireless
client.
Bytes The number of bytes sent from the AP to the wireless
client.
Drop Packets The number of packets that the AP attempted to send to
the wireless client but were dropped.
Drop Bytes The number of bytes that the AP attempted to send to
the wireless client but were dropped.
TS Violate
Packets
The number of packets sent from the AP to a wireless
client in excess of its active TS downlink bandwidth, or
for an access category requiring admission control to
which the wireless client has not been admitted.
Link Integrity Monitoring
The access point provides link integrity monitoring to continually verify its
connection to each associated client. To do this, the AP sends data packets to
clients every few seconds when no other traffic is passing. This allows the AP to
detect when a client goes out of range, even during periods when no normal
traffic is exchanged. The client connection drops off the list within 300 seconds
if these data packets are not acknowledged, even if no disassociation message
is received.