Station Status - Black Box LW0050A Manual

PRO 11 SERIES WIRELESS ETHERNET
3.4.1 S S
TATION TATUS
Station Status is a read-only sub-menu that displays the current values of the
following parameters:
• Unit's Mode – Identifies the unit's function. For example, if the unit is an
Access Point, "AP" appears in this field.
• Unit's HW Address – Displays the unit's unique MAC address.
• Unit's WLAN Address (Station Adapters or Workgroup Bridges) – The address
associated with the unit. For the Single-Port Station Adapters, this is the
address of the PC. For the Four-Port Station Adapters and Workgroup Bridges,
this is the MAC address of the unit. This field does not appear when the unit is
an Access Point.
• Station Status (Station Adapters or Workgroup Bridges) – Current status of the
station. This field does not appear when the unit is an Access Point. There are
three options:
Scanning – The station is searching for an Access Point with which to
associate.
Sync Waiting for Address – The station is synchronized with an Access Point
but has not yet learned its WLAN MAC address (this option is relevant
only to the Single-Port Station Adapters). The Access Point does not
forward packets to the station when it is in this mode.
Associated – The station is associated with an Access Point and has adopted
the attached PC MAC address (for Single-Port Station Adapters) or uses
the unit's hardware address (Four-Port Station Adapters and Workgroup
Bridges), and is receiving packets from the LAN.
• AP Address (Station Only) – For stations, this parameter indicates an address
of the Access Point with which the unit is currently associated.
• Total Number of Associations Since Last Reset (Station Only) – For stations,
this indicates the total number of associations and disassociations with various
Access Points. This is usually an indication of roaming.
• Current Number of Associations (Access Point Only) – Total number of
stations currently associated with this Access Point.
• Maximum Number of Associations Since Last Reset (Access Point Only) –
Maximum number of stations that were associated with an Access Point since
the last reset.
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