Wireless Stations Screen - HP ProCurve 530 NA (J8986A) Management And Configuration Manual

Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface
Web Interface Screens
4-12

Wireless Stations Screen

Accessed through the Wireless Stations option on the Device Information
sash, the Wireless Stations screen displays radio and network station status
details.
Figure 4-7. The Wireless Stations Screen
The Wireless Stations screen displays client stations associated with a partic-
ular access point. The associated stations are displayed along with informa-
tion about packet traffic transmitted and received for each station.
■ Radio: Indicates the access point radio.
SSID: Indicates the Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the WLAN to which
■
the access point is connected.
■ Station: The MAC address of the wireless client.
■ Auth.: Shows if the station has been authenticated. The two basic
methods of authentication supported for 802.11 wireless networks are
"open system" and "shared key." Open-system authentication accepts any
client attempting to connect to the access point without verifying its
identity. The shared-key approach uses Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
to verify client identity by distributing a shared key to stations before
attempting authentication.
Assoc.: Shows if the station has been successfully associated with the
■
access point. Once authentication is completed, stations can associate
with the current access point, or reassociate with a new access point.
The association procedure allows the wireless system to track the loca-
tion of each mobile client, and ensures that frames destined for each client
are forwarded to the appropriate access point.
Fwd: If 802.1X is used, this parameter indicates the station passed 802.1X
■
authentication and traffic can be forwarded to the access point. It also
indicates whether a wireless station has the correct WPA pre-shared key