D-Link DWS-4026 [513/741] Viewing detected client pre authentication history

MonitoringStatusandStatistics

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

November2011 Page513

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

ViewingDetectedClientPre‐AuthenticationHistory

Tohelpauthenticatedclientsroamwithoutlosingsessionsandneedingtore‐authenticate,wirelessclientscan

attempttoauthenticatetootherAPswithinrangethattheclientcouldpossiblyassociatewith.Forsuccessful

pre‐authentication,thetargetAPmusthaveaVAPwithanSSIDandsecurityconfigurationthatmatchesthat

oftheclien

t,includingMACauthentication,encryptionmethod,andpre‐sharedkeyorRADIUSparameters.

ThetheAPthattheclientisassociatedwithcapturesallpre‐authenticationrequestsandsendsthemtothe

switch.

TheDetectedClientPre‐AuthenticationHistorypageshowsinformationaboutthepre‐authentication

requeststhatthedet

ectedclienthasmade.

Figure344:DetectedClientPre‐AuthenticationHistory

Table310describesthefieldsontheDetectedClientPre‐AuthenticationHistorypage.

CommandButtons

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

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

Table310:DetectedClientPre‐AuthenticationHistory

Field Description

MACAddress MACaddressoftheclient.

APMACAddress MACAddressofthemanagedAPtowhichtheclienthaspre‐authenticated.

RadioInterface

Number

Radionumbertowhichtheclientisauthenticated,whichiseitherRadio1orRadio2.

VAPMACAddress VAPMACaddresstowhichtheclientroamed.

SSID SSIDNameuse

dbytheVAP.

Age Timesincethehistoryentrywasadded.

UserName Indicatestheusernameofclientthatauthenticatedvia802.1X.

Pre‐Authentication

Status

IndicateswhethertheclientsuccessfullyauthenticatedandshowsastatusofSuccess

orFailure.