Alvarion BreezeNET PRO.11 Series User Manual page 54

Using the Local Terminal for Unit Setup and Management
Available counters:
Total Transmitted Frames – The number of frames transmitted to the
wireless media. The count includes the first transmission of data frames
(without retransmissions), and also the number of control and management
frames.
Note:
Total Transmitted Frames (Bridge) – The total number of data frames
transmitted to the wireless media (i.e. frames that were received form the UTP
port and forwarded to the internal bridge which decided to transmit them to the
wireless media).
Frames Dropped (too many retries) – The number of frames which have
been dropped since they were retransmitted for the maximum number of
allowed retransmissions and were not acknowledged.
Total Transmitted Fragments – The total number of transmitted frames. The
count includes data, control and management frames and also the number of
retransmissions of data frames (for example, if the same data frame is
retransmitted ten times, the count will increase ten times).
Total Retransmitted Fragments – The total number of retransmissions of
data frames (for example, if the same data frame is retransmitted ten times then
the count will increase ten times). In a point-to-point application, this counter
should relatively correspond to the number of bad fragments received on the
other side.
Total Tx Errors – The number of transmit errors that have occurred.
Currently this counter also includes normal situations where a fragment has
not been transmitted because the dwell time has elapsed.
User's Guide
An AP continuously transmits a control frame called beacon in every frequency
to which it hops, in order to publish its existence and keep its associated
stations synchronized. Thus, the total transmitted frames counter will get high
values even if the AP-10 is not connected to an active LAN.
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