Sorting Session Information; Configuring And Viewing Channel Management Settings - D-Link DWL-3600AP Administrator's Manual

Unified Access Point Administrator's Guide
Field Description
Rate The speed at which this access point is transferring data to the specified client.
The data transmission rate is measured in megabits per second (Mbps).
This value should fall within the range of the advertised rate set for the mode in use on
the access point. For example, 6 to 54 Mbps for 802.11a.
Signal Indicates the strength of the radio frequency (RF) signal the client receives from the
access point.
The measure used for this is a value known as Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI),
and will be a value between 0 and 100.
RSSI is determined by a mechanism implemented on the network interface card (NIC) of
the client station.
Rx Total Indicates number of total packets received by the client during the current session.
Tx Total Indicates number of total packets transmitted to the client during this session.
Error Rate Indicates the percentage of time frames are dropped during transmission on this access
point.
Sorting Session Information
To sort the information shown in the tables by a particular indicator, click the column label by which you want
to order things. For example, if you want to see the table rows ordered by signal strength, click the Signal
column label. The entries will be sorted by signal strength.
Configuring and Viewing Channel Management Settings
When Channel Management is enabled, the UAP automatically assigns radio channels used by clustered access
points. The automatic channel assignment reduces mutual interference (or interference with other access
points outside of its cluster) and maximizes Wi‐Fi bandwidth to help maintain the efficiency of communication
over the wireless network.
You must start channel management to get automatic channel assignments; it is disabled by default on a new
AP.
At a specified interval, the Channel Manager maps APs to channel use and measures interference levels in the
cluster. If significant channel interference is detected, the Channel Manager automatically re‐assigns some or
all of the APs to new channels per an efficiency algorithm (or automated channel plan). If the Channel Manager
determines that a change is necessary, that information is sent to all members of the cluster and a syslog
message is generated indicating the sender AP, new and old channel assignments.
The Channel Management page shows previous, current, and planned channel assignments for clustered
access points. By default, automatic channel assignment is disabled. You can start channel management to
optimize channel usage across the cluster on a scheduled interval.
To configure and view the channel assignments for the cluster members, click the Channel Management tab.
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Configuring and Viewing Channel Management Settings
Table 60: Session Management
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