D-Link DWS-4026 [468/741] Viewing managed access point vaps

MonitoringStatusandStatistics

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page468

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

ViewingManagedAccessPointVAPs

Thereare16virtualaccesspoints(VAPs)availableoneachradioofanAP.Foreachradioofanaccesspoint

managedbytheswitch,youcanviewasummaryoftheVAPconfigurationandthenumberofwirelessclients

associatedwithaparticularVAP .

UsethemenuabovethetabletoselecttheAPwiththeVA

Pinformationtoview.TheAPisidentifiedbyitsMAC

addressandlocation.IftheAPhastworadios,selectaradiotoviewdetailsaboutVAPsonthatradio.Theradio

isidentifiedbyitsnumberandconfiguredmode.Iftheradioisdisable

d,theradiomodewillbedisplayedasOff.

Table275describesthefieldsyouseeontheVAPspageforthemanagedaccesspointstatus.

CommandButtons

Thepageincludesthefollowingbutton:

• Refresh—Updatesthepagewiththelatestinformation.

ViewingManagedAccessPointVAPTSPECStatus

Thereare16virtualaccesspoints(VAPs)availableoneachradioofanAP.ForeachVAPoneachradioofanAP

managedbytheswitch,youcanviewinformationaboutthetrafficthatusesatrafficspecification(TSPEC).A

TSPECisasetofparametersthatdefineQualityofSer

vice(QoS)characteristicsofatrafficflow.AQoS‐capable

wirelessclientsendsaTSPECrequesttotheAPtoenabletheAPtoprioritizetrafficstreamsanddeliver

appropriatere sourcestotime‐anddelay‐sensitivenetworktraffic.TSPECsarecommonlyusedwithvideoand

voicetraffic.

ToviewTSPECdatafo

raVAP ,youselecttheAP,radiointerface,andVAP .Theradioisidentifiedbyitsnumber

andconfiguredmode.Iftheradioisdisabled,theradiomodewillbedisplayedasOff.TheVAPisidentifiedby

theVAPID.

Table275:ManagedAccessPointVAPStatus

Field Description

VAPID TheintegerIDusedtoidentifytheVAP(0‐7),thisisusedtouniquelyidentifytheVAP

forconfigurationviaCLI/SNMP.

VAPMode IndicateswhetherornottheVAPisenabledordisabled.VAPsarealwaysconfigured,

butareonlysendingbeaconsandacceptingclientswhentheyareEnabled.

BSSID TheEt

hernetaddressoftheVAP.

SSID IndicatesthenetworkassignedtotheVAP.ThenetworkforeachVAPisconfigured

withintheAPprofileandtheSSIDisbasedonthenetworkconfiguration.

ClientAssociations IndicatesthetotalnumberofclientscurrentlyassociatedtotheVAP.

ClientAuthentications Indicatesthetotalnumberofclie

ntscurrentlyauthenticatedwiththeVAP.