D-Link DWL-8500AP Product Manual - Page 98

D-Link Unified Access Point Administrator's Guide Table 28. Associated Clients Field Status From Station To Station Description The "Authenticated" and "Associated" Status shows the underlying IEEE 802.11 authentication and association status, which is present no matter which type of security the client uses to connect to the AP. This status does not show IEEE 802.1X authentication or association status. Some points to keep in mind with regard to this field are: • If the AP security mode is None or Static WEP, the authentication and association status of clients showing on the Client Associations tab will be in line with what is expected; that is, if a client shows as authenticated to the AP, it will be able to transmit and receive data. (This is because Static WEP uses only IEEE 802.11 authentication.) • If the AP uses IEEE 802.1X or WPA security, however, it is possible for a client association to show on this tab as authenticated (via the IEEE 802.11 security) but actually not be authenticated to the AP via the second layer of security. Shows the number of packets and bytes received from the wireless client. Shows the number of packets and bytes transmitted from the AP to the wireless client. Link Integrity Monitoring The Unified Access Point provides link integrity monitoring to continually verify its connection to each associated client. To do this monitoring, the AP sends data packets to clients every few seconds when no other traffic is passing. This allows the access point to detect when a client goes out of range, even during periods when no normal traffic is exchanged. The client connection drops off the list within 300 seconds if these data packets are not acknowledged, even if no disassociation message is received. Viewing Neighboring Access Points The status page for Neighboring Access Points provides real-time statistics for all access points within range of the access point on which you are viewing the Administration Web pages. To view information about other access points on the wireless network, click the Neighboring Access Points tab. You must enable the AP detection on the AP in order to collect information about other APs within range. 98 © 2001-2008 D-Link Corporation. All Rights Reserved.