View Wi-Fi Status Messages On The Phone; Verify Phone Startup - Cisco 6800 Series Administration Manual

View Wi-Fi Status Messages on the Phone

• Network name: Indicates the name of the SSID.
• Signal strength: Indicates strength of the network signal.
• MAC address: Indicates MAC address of the phone.
• AP MAC address: Indicates MAC address of the access point (SSID).
• Channel: Indicated the channel on which the Wi-Fi network transmits and receives data.
• Frequency: Indicates the wireless signal frequency band that is used in the Wireless LAN.
• Security mode: Indicates the security mode that is set for the wireless LAN.
View Wi-Fi Status Messages on the Phone
You can view messages about the Wi-Fi connection status of your phone. The messages can help you diagnose
Wi-Fi connection problems. The messages contain:
• connection time and MAC address of the access point
• disconnection time and diagnostic code from the access point
• connection failure time and reason code from the access point
• time that weak signal of the access point continues over 12 seconds
Procedure
Step 1
Press Applications
Step 2 Select Status > Wi-Fi messages.
Step 3
Use the outer ring of the navigation cluster to scroll through the messages.
Step 4 Press Details to view more details of the selected message.
Step 5 (Optional) Press Clear to delete all the messages.

Verify Phone Startup

After the Cisco IP Phone has power connected to it, the phone automatically cycles through a startup diagnostic
process.
Procedure
Step 1 If you are using Power over Ethernet, plug the LAN cable into the Network port.
Step 2
If you are using the power cube, connect the cube to the phone and plug the cube into an electrical outlet.
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