Individually Addressed Frames Received (Rxunicastframes); Multicast Frames Received (Rxmulticastframes); Fragments Received (Rxfragments); Individually Addressed Bytes Received (Rxunicastoctets) - Cabletron Systems RoamAbout Access Point Manual

Individually Addressed Frames Received (RxUnicastFrames)

This counter displays the number of messages sent by other devices to this PC Card. In
most LAN applications, it is normal behavior for this counter to have a high value and is
continuously increasing (you can see it run). For example, this counter should increase
rapidly when running the Link Test.

Multicast Frames Received (RxMulticastFrames)

This counter displays the number of broadcast or multicast messages received by the
device. In most LAN applications, it is normal behavior for this counter to have a value that
is continuously increasing. Typically, this counter should display a value that is less than
the RxUnicastFrames counter.

Fragments Received (RxFragments)

This counter displays the total number of messages or message fragments received by the
PC Card. The running rate of this counter is a general indication of the amount of activity
at the PC Card. This counter should be greater than the sum of RxUnicastFrames plus
RxMulticastFrames.

Individually Addressed Bytes Received (RxUnicastOctets)

This counter displays the total number of bytes received by the PC Card as part of unicast
messages. It is normal behavior for this counter to increase rapidly.

Multicast Bytes Received (RxMulticastOctets)

This counter displays the total number of bytes received by the PC Card as part of multicast
messages. It is normal behavior for this counter to have a high value.
Receive FCS Errors (RxFCSErrors)
This counter displays the number of received messages or message parts that contained an
erroneous value and had to be deleted. In the IEEE 802.11 protocol, such messages are
recovered by the ACK (Acknowledgment) protocol and then retransmitted by the sending
device.
A high value for this counter identifies a wireless network that suffers from interference or
malfunctioning RoamAbout hardware. It is normal behavior for the RoamAbout PC Card
to discard these messages.
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