Chapter 3. Verifying Wireless Ap Operations; Viewing The Wlap Rf Statistics Screen - Intel 2011B - PRO/Wireless LAN Enterprise Access Point Configuration Manual

Chapter 3. Verifying Wireless AP Operations

Chapter 3. Verifying Wireless AP Operations
You can verify wireless AP operations by looking at the following screens:
• WLAP RF Statistics
• Known Access Points
3.1

Viewing the WLAP RF Statistics Screen

Verify the wireless AP operations by viewing the WLAP RF Statistics screen. To view this screen,
select
Show RF Statistics
RF Statistics screen.
From the RF Statistics screen, press
is shown in Figure 3-1.
During a wireless AP operation, associated access points are listed on the WLAP RF Statistics
screen. The example screen in Figure 3-1 shows that two designated WLAPs have made wireless
links with the root access point. This screen is for the one-hop network example in Figure 3-1.
Notice that the two MAC addresses are listed under the "WLAP Itf Mac Addr" heading and two
FWD states are listed under the "Itf State" heading. The term FWD indicates the forwarding of data
to the associated access point.
For a two-hop network, the statistics in the WLAP RF Statistics screen is shown in Figure 3-2. The
WLAP RF Statistics screen for the root access point lists only one designated WLAP in the FWD
state. However, the WLAP B lists both of the other two access points in the FWD state.
Other possible "Itf" states on the WLAP RF Statistics screen are:
Itf State
DIS
LIS
LRN
FWD
BLK
Table 3-1: Itf States
As an access point starts to associate in the wireless AP mode, the state changes from DIS to LIS to
LRN and then finally to FWD indicating association is successful.
Also note that in the example WLAP RF Statistics screens in Figure 3-1 and Figure 3-2, the Current
State entry is Functional, which means that the access point is ready for other access points to
associate with it. However, Functional does not necessarily mean that it has made a wireless AP
connection. Additional information is covered in the section titled 3.3.1: Functional State.
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from the access point's Main Menu, then press
. This displays the WLAP RF Statistics screen. An example
F3
Definition
Wireless interface is disabled
Access point is listening for configuration information
Access point is learning the configuration information
Access point is forwarding data
Access point is blocking data
Configuring Access Point Bridging and Repeating (WLAP Mode)
. This displays the
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