D-Link DWS-3024 [143/266] Viewing associated client status

Software User Manual D-Link Unified Access System

02/15/2011

Document 34CS3000-SWUM104-D10 Page 143

•VAP Status—Shows the clients associated with a specific VAP on a D-Link Access Point

• Statistics—Shows statistics about wireless clients that are associated with APs managed by the switch and contains

the following information:

- Association Summary—Shows the statistics for a wireless client while it is associated with a single AP.

- Session Summary—If a wireless client roams among different managed APs, the switch can track the statistics for

the entire session.

- Association Detail—Shows additional information about packets the associated client transmits and receives during

association with a single managed AP.

- Session Detail—Shows additional information about packets the associated client transmits and receives during a

session, which can include statistics for one or more managed AP associations if the client has roamed.

Since the associated client database supports roaming across APs, an entry is not removed when a client disassociates

from a specific AP. After a client has disassociated the entry is deleted after the client times out. You configure the timeout

value in the Client Roam Timeout field on the WLAN > Administration > Advanced Configuration > Global page. The

timeout value corresponds to the time allowed for roaming to another managed AP.

Viewing Associated Client Status

Table 45 describes the information available on the Summary page for the associated client status.

• Click Disassociate to disassociate the client from the AP it is associated with.

• Click Refresh to update the screen with the most current information.

Monitoring Associated Client QoS Information

Client-based Rate Limiting relies on 802.1X authentication and RADIUS to establish bi-directional maximum rate limits for

wireless clients. A client authentication record, as identified by username and password, contains vendor-specific attributes

Table 45: Associated Client Status Summary

Field Description

MAC Address The Ethernet address of client station.

AP MAC Address The Ethernet MAC address of the AP that the client is associated with.

SSID Indicates the network on which the client is connected.

Tunnel IP Address If the client is using an L3 Tunnel, this field shows the IP address of the client. Otherwise, this

field is blank.

NetBIOS Name A unique 16-byte identifier that NetBIOS services use to identify resources on a network.

Location The location of the AP that the client is associated with. The AP location is configured in the

Valid AP database.

Channel Indicates the operating channel for the client association.

Radio The mode of the radio that the wireless client is using.

Encryption Protocol The security that the wireless client is using to connect to the WLAN.

Status Indicates whether or not the client has associated and/or authenticated. The valid values are:

• Associated - The client is current associated to the managed AP.

• Authenticated - The client is currently associated and authenticated to the managed AP.

• Disassociated - The client has disassociated from the managed AP, if the client does not

roam to another managed AP within the client roam timeout, it will be deleted.