This page contains information about the status of FastEthernet and Radio-802.11b, Radio-802.11a, or Radio-802.11g interfaces, depending on which radio is installed on the access point.

System Settings

IP Address (DHCP) / IP Address (Static)

The IP address for the access point. The IP address can be assigned dynamically with DHCP or assigned statically.

IP Subnet Mask

The IP subnet mask identifies the subnetwork so the IP address can be recognized on the LAN.

Default Gateway

The IP address of your default internet gateway is displayed here.

MAC Address

The Media Access Control address is a unique identifier assigned to the network interface by the manufacturer.

Interface Status

Software Status

Indicates whether the FastEthernet, Radio-802.11b, Radio-802.11a, or Radio-802.11g interfaces have been enabled or disabled by the operator.

Hardware Status

Indicates whether the line protocol for the FastEthernet, Radio-802.11a, Radio-802.11b, or Radio-802.11g interface is up or down.

Interface Resets

The number of times an interface has been completely reset.

Receive

Input Rate Timespan

The timespan being used for the input rates.

Input Rate (bits/sec)

The average number of bits per second transmitted in the designated input rate timespan.

Input Rate (packets/sec)

The average number of packets per second transmitted in the designated input rate timespan.

Time Since Last Input

The number of hours, minutes, and seconds since the last packet was successfully received by an interface. Knowing this time helps you determine the load on the interface and helps locate network problems.

Total Packets Input

The total number of error-free packets received by the system.

Total Bytes Input

The total number of error-free bytes received by the system.

Broadcast Packets

The total number of broadcast packets received by the interface.

Total Input Errors

The total number of input-related errors that occurred including runts, giants, no buffer, CRC, frame, overrun, and ignored counts.

Overrun Errors

The number of times the receiver hardware was unable to send received data to a hardware buffer because the input rate exceeded the receiver's ability to process the data.

Ignored Packets

The number of received packets ignored by the interface because the interface hardware ran low on internal buffers. Broadcast storms and bursts of noise can cause the ignored count to be increased.

Throttles

The number of times the receiver on the port was disabled, possibly because of a buffer or processor overload.

Transmit

Output Rate Timespan

The timespan being used for the output rates.

Output Rate (bits/sec)

The average number of bits transmitted per second in the designated output rate timespan.

Output Rate (packets/sec)

The average number of packets transmitted per second in the designated output rate timespan.

Time Since Last Output

The number of hours, minutes, and seconds since the last packet was successfully transmitted by the interface. Knowing this time helps you determine traffic load on the interface and helps locate network problems.

Total Packets Output

The total number of messages transmitted by the system.

Total Bytes Output

The total number of bytes, including data and MAC encapsulation, transmitted by the system.

Total Output Errors

The sum of all errors that prevented the final transmission of datagrams out of the interface being examined.

Last Output Hang

The number of hours, minutes, and seconds (or never) since the interface was last reset because of a transmission that took too long. When the number of hours in the Time Since Last Input, Time Since Last Output, or Last Output Hang fields exceeds 24 hours, the number of days and hours is printed.

Lost Parent Counts (Repeater Mode Only)

No beacons - The number of times the repeater stopped receiving beacons from the parent. The parent access point is probably out of of range.
Average retry level - Not applicable.
Deauthenticated - The number of times the repeater received a deauthenticate packet from the parent.
Disassociated - The number of times the repeater received a disassociate packet from the parent access point.
Time lost base - The number of times the time base broadcast of the repeater changed to an amount that was too large. The parent access point probably restarted.
Host request - The number of times the link between the repeater and the parent access point was restarted. The operator changed the assigned parent.
Better parent found - The number of times the repeater switched to a new parent access point because the signal from the current parent was getting weak.

Association Statistics (Repeater Mode Only)

If the repeater is not associating to a parent, you should note the following statistics.

SSID mismatched - The number of times the repeater received a beacon or probe response that did not match the requested SSID.
Not specified AP - The number of times the repeater received a response from a parent that has not been configured in the list of parents.
Rates mismatched - The number of times the repeater received a response from a parent that does not support the rates that were requested.
Privacy mismatched - The number of times the repeater received a response from a parent that does not support the privacy settings that were requested.
Authentication rejects - The number of times the repeater received an authentication response from a parent containing a unsuccessful status.
Association timeout - The number of times the repeater did not receive an associate request response from a parent access point.