Functional State; Send Probe State - Intel 2011B - PRO/Wireless LAN Enterprise Access Point Configuration Manual

Example screens showing the Current State as "Functional" are shown in Figure 3-1 and Figure 3-
2. An example screen showing the Current State as "Send Probe" is shown in Figure 3-5.
Access Point A
Current # WLAP
Current State
Priority
-------------
Itf WLAP Itf
ID MAC Addr
8001 00:00:00:00:00:00
8002 00:00:00:00:00:00
8003 00:00:00:00:00:00
8004 00:00:00:00:00:00
Refresh-[F1]
Figure 3-5: Access Point in the Send Probe State

3.3.1 Functional State

The Functional state means that the access point is ready for mobile units or other access points to
associate with it. In this state, the LED indicators display as follows:
Indicator
Power
Wired LAN Activity
Wireless LAN Activity
Table 3-2: LED Indicators - Functional State
When the access point is in the Functional state, it may or may not have successfully made a
wireless AP connection. You can determine if a wireless AP connection has occurred by viewing
the WLAP RF Statistic screen. If this screen lists one or more access points as being in the FWD
state in the Itf State column, then the current access point has made a wireless AP connection. For
examples of screens showing the FWD state, refer to Figure 3-1 and Figure 3-2.

3.3.2 Send Probe State

Under certain conditions, an access point may remain in the Send Probe state (Figure 3-5) rather
than continue on to the Functional state. In this state, the LED indicators display as follows:
Indicator
Power
Wired LAN Activity
Wireless LAN Activity
Configuring Access Point Bridging and Repeating (WLAP Mode)
WLAP RF Statistics
Itf 0
Send Probe
8000 hex
Wireless AP Interface Table
Itf Path
State Cost Root ID
DIS 1 800000a0f893C5B5
DIS 1 800000a0f893C5B5
DIS 1 800000a0f893C5B5
DIS 1 800000a0f893C5B5
Timed-[F2]
Activity
Remains on
Flashes if activity occurs
Flickers rapidly
Activity
Remains on
Remains off
Blinks slowly (once per second)
Root Interface 0
Root Priority 8000 hex
Root MAC Addr 00:A0:F8:93:C5:B5
Root Path Cost 0
---------------
Designated
Cost WLAP ID
0 800000a0f893C5B5
0 800000a0f893C5B5
0 800000a0f893C5B5
0 800000a0f893C5B5
Previous-[F4] Exit-[ESC]
Designated
Itf ID
8001
8002
8003
8004
9