Specifications

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z If the above parameters are within acceptable ranges, but throughput is
still low, it may indicate a congested AP. Perform activity monitoring
on the entire AP rather than on the individual client to examine how
much bandwidth is being consumed on the AP. If there are too many
clients connected to a given AP, performance may be increased by
reducing the maximum number of clients allowed on the AP. (The theo-
retical maximum number of clients allowed per AP is 255. A real world
maximum may well be closer to 10.)
z There may be congestion on the wired portion of the network. Examine
the wired network using traditional tools such as “ping” and “traceroute”
or using sniffer software.
z Perform a wireless packet capture to view any anomalous conditions in
the area covered by the AP.
Troubleshooting Access/Grid Points
The Alcatel Access Points support auto duplex and auto speed. When one
side of the link is hard coded for 100/full and the Access or Grid Point is set to
auto speed/duplex, the resulting connection will be half duplex. This
configuration causes the Access/Grid Point to fail.
Refer to the following chart for information on duplex setting/speed
combinations.