User's Manual

Chapter 4 - Operation and Administration
BreezeACCESS VL System Manual
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 Display Bridging Info: The Display Bridging Info option displays a list of all
the stations in the SU's Forwarding Database.
Each MAC address entry is followed by a description, which may include the
following:
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Et (Ethernet): An address learned from the Ethernet port.
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Wl (Wireless): An address of a node behind the associated AU, learned via
the wireless port.
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Sp (Special): 8 addresses that are always present, including:
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The MAC address of the SU, which appears twice as it is learned from
both the Ethernet and wireless ports.
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The MAC address if the internal Operating System’s stack, which also
appears twice.
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Alvarion's Multicast address (01-20-D6-00-00-01), which also appears
twice. The system treats this address as a Broadcast address.
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Alvarion's special Multicast address (01-20-D6-00-00-05), reserved for
future use.
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The Ethernet Broadcast address (FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF).
In addition, a summary table displays information about the Forwarding
Database (Bridging Info). The summary table includes the current number of
entries, the aging time specified by the Bridge Aging Time parameter and the
maximum number of entries permitted for this table, which is 1016.
4.2.5.5 Per Modulation Level Counters
The Per Modulation Level Counters display statistics relating to wireless link
performance at different radio modulation levels. The Per Modulation Level
Counters menu includes the following options:
 Display Counters: Select this option to display the current values of the Per
Modulation Level Counters.
 Reset Counters: Select this option to reset the Per Modulation Level
Counters.
The statistics show the number of frames accumulated in different categories
since the last reset.