Viewing Wireless Information; Viewing Nearby Aps - Aruba 501 Configuration And Administration Manual

The DHCP relay agent feature is not supported when MAC address cloning is enabled.
IP forwarding
Ethernet devices that do not send any IP packets at startup have no entry in the Aruba 501 wireless-to-MAC
translation table. As a result, the Aruba 501 cannot route incoming IPv4 wireless traffic to these devices.
When the IP forwarding option is enabled, the Aruba 501 sends an ARP request on the Ethernet port whenever a
packet with an unknown destination IP address is received on the wireless interface. After receiving an ARP
response from the device on the Ethernet port, the Aruba 501 can forward the packet to the intended device.
This feature is disabled by default. To enable, select Enabled, and then click Save.

Viewing wireless information

The Aruba 501 provides several pages where you can view information related to wireless operation.

Viewing nearby APs

To view information on all APs operating within range of the Aruba 501, select Wireless > Neighborhood.
The following information is displayed for each detected AP:
Field
MAC
Beacon int.
Type
SSID
Privacy
WPA
Mode
Channel
Chapter 3 Wireless configuration
Description
The MAC address of the AP (also called the BSSID).
APs periodically send out management frames called beacons to advertise their presence
and some configuration data to other wireless devices. The beacon interval is the number
milliseconds between beacons.
The type of AP:
• AP indicates the neighboring device is an AP that supports the IEEE 802.11 Wireless
Networking Framework in Infrastructure Mode.
• Ad hoc indicates a neighboring station running in Ad hoc Mode. Stations set to ad hoc
mode communicate with each other directly, without the use of a traditional AP. Ad hoc
mode is an IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking Framework also referred to as peer-to-
peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS).
The wireless network name.
Indicates whether there is any security enabled on the neighboring AP.
• Off indicates that no security is enabled on the AP.
• On indicates that the neighboring device has some security in place.
Indicates whether WPA security is on or off for this AP.
Indicates the operating mode of the AP: 802.11a, b, g, n, or ac, or a combination of
modes.
The channel the AP is operating on.
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