Specifications

Monitoring the Wireless Environment 563
Chapter 25
Switch Monitoring
The Monitoring > Switch screens provide details about the Wireless LANs in the
wireless network.
Select Monitoring > Switch Summary to see details about the Wireless LAN
switch including its Model, AOS-W Version, IP Address, and MAC Address.
Select Monitoring > Switch > Access Points to see details about the APs
connected to this Wireless LAN switch. Details include Name, Location, IP
address, Type, 802.11b and g Clients, 802.11a clients, the Channel Power
Levels for these a, b, and g client, and the uptime for each AP.
Click:
Select Monitoring > Switch > Air Monitors to see details about air monitors
connected to this Wireless LAN switch. Details include NAme, Location, IP
address, Type, and Uptime for each AM. Click
Overview, Channel, APs, Clients,
and Packet Capture for additional information.
Select Monitoring > Switch > Clients to see details about wireless clients. Details
include User Name, MAC Address, Client IP address, User Role, Access
Method, Age, and Status.
Select Monitoring > Switch > Blacklist Clients to see details about users who are
not welcome. Details include Client MAC address, Reason, and Block Time.
(Block Time is the time in seconds that a blacklisted user is blocked from
attempting to connect.) Click
Enable to turn on DoS prevention. Click Remove
from Blacklist
to allow the selected user to access the wireless network
without restriction.
Select Monitoring > Switch > Firewall Hits to see details about attacks on the
switch. Details include User Role Hits (including Role, Policy, source and
destination addresses, Service, Action, Dest/Opcode, New Hits, Total Hits,
and Index), Port Based Session ACL Hits (including Policy, source and
destination addresses, Action, Dest/OPcode, New Hits, Total Hits, and Index),
Status
To display dynamic data including number of packets
and number of associated clients.
Profile
To show static data such as AP configurations.
AP Activity
To show overall AP status.
Packet Capture
To display the packet capture screen.
Locate
To display the RF Plan page and perform a triangulation.
Ping
Issues a ping.