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Wireless Interface Status

7 - Wireless Interface Status

Provides a detailed look at wireless settings and performance for radio status and settings, wireless network configuration and connected client status.

7.1 - Radio Status

Provides a detailed look at radio settings and performance.

Figure 9. Radio Status

Path – Status, Wireless interface, Radio Status

Parameters

• Interface Status – Indicates whether the wireless antenna is enabled or disabled.

• Operation Mode – Indicates whether the antenna is operating in Access Point or Repeater mode.

• Wireless Mode – Indicates the Wi-Fi protocol(s) currently in use with the band frequency.

• Channel Bandwidth – Indicates the current channel bandwidth.

• Channel Selection – Indicates the current channel setting.

• Operating Channel – Indicates the current operating channel.

• Channel Frequency – Indicates the frequency of the operating channel.

• TX – Amount of data transmitted in bytes.

• RX – Amount of data received in bytes.

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7.2 - Utilization of SSID

Details the use and availability of SSID’s configured in the WAP.

Figure 10. Utilization of SSID Status

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Path – Status, Wireless interface, Wireless Network

Parameters

• SSID’s Used – Number of SSID’s currently in use by devices connected to the access point.

• SSID’s Available – Number of SSID’s available for use.

7.2.1 - Wireless Network

The Wireless Network table provides a detailed look at wireless network settings.

Figure 11. Wireless Network Status

Path – Status, Wireless interface, Wireless Network

Parameters

• Wireless Network (SSID) – Network names (SSID’s) being transmitted by the access point.

• Enabled – Indicates whether the wireless network is enabled or disabled.

• Interface – Indicates the operating frequency of the wireless network.

• Security – Indicates the security mode selected for the wireless network.

• VLAN ID – Indicates the VLAN ID for the wireless network.

• MAC address – MAC address of the wireless channel used by the network.

• Broadcast SSID – Indicates whether the SSID is visible to Wi-Fi devices and discovery tools.

• Client Isolation – Indicates whether access point client devices connected to different SSID’s can communicate with each other.

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7.3 - Connected Clients

The Connected Clients table provides a detailed look at connected wireless clients. All devices connected to any SSID on the access point will be displayed in the list.

Figure 12. Connected Client Status

Path – Status, Wireless interface, Connected Clients

Parameters

• Status – Indicates whether the client is currently connected. Green indicates that the client is connected to the SSID.

• Wireless Network (SSID) – Indicates the SSID being used by a connected wireless client.

• Device Name – Name either pulled from or assigned to the client.

• MAC address – Indicates the MAC address of a connected wireless client.

• TX (KBytes) – Amount of data, in kilobytes, transmitted to a connected wireless client.

• RX (KBytes) – Amount of data, in kilobytes, received from a connected wireless client.

• RSSI (dBm) – Indicates the wireless signal strength between the access point and the connected client.

The color of the table field indicates signal quality: green=strong, yellow=medium, and red=weak.

• Release – Click the Deny button to drop a client from the network.

Pro Tip – The closer RSSI (dBm) value is to 0, the stronger the signal is, and the closer to -100, the weaker the signal is.

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