User`s guide

Viewing Statistics 8 - 5
n Buffer Full Frames Lost: Number of frames lost due to a lack of
buffer space in the unit.
n Duplicate Frames: Number of frames that were received more than
once. This is usually due to a frame acknowledgment being lost.
n CRC Errors: Number of frames received with an invalid CRC. Usu-
ally caused by interference from nearby radio traffic. Occasional
CRC errors can also occur due to random noise when the receiver is
idle.
n Retries: A cumulative count of the number of times a frame had to
be retransmitted due to an acknowledgment not being received.
n Max Retries / Frame: The maximum number of times any one
frame had to be retransmitted. Excessive retries may indicate a poor
quality radio link.
n Remote Buffer Full: Number of times a remote node reported that it
could not accept a transmitted packet due to its receive buffers being
full.
n Queue Full Discards: Number of times a packet was not transmitted
due to too many retries occurring to the same destination. Discards
will only occur if packets destined to this address are taking up
more than their share of transmit buffers.
Displaying Overall Status (Status)
This display shows the settings of the most important configuration
parameters of the unit as well as important run-time statistics. Use the
display to see if anything significant is configured incorrectly. The dis-
play is broken into sections describing:
n The radio
n Any LAN connections
n Any filtering being done
All items in the display are self-explanatory or are explained in other
sections of this manual.
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