User's Manual

Menus and Parameters
Manual Revision 1.0
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Table 4-4: Authentication and Association Process
Message Direction Status in BU
RB Status: Scanning
A Beacon with correct ESSID
BU → RB
-
RB Status: Synchronized
Authentication Request
RB → BU
Not authenticated
Authentication Successful
BU → RB
Authenticated
RB Status: Authenticated
Association Request
RB → BU
Authenticated
Association Successful
BU → RB
Associated
RB Status: Associated
ACK
RB → BU
Associated
Data Traffic
RB ↔ BU
Associated
¾ The SNR measured at the RB
¾ The SW version of the RB.
In addition, a summary table displays information about the
Forwarding Database (Bridging Info). The database includes the
following information:
¾ The current number of entries. This is the number of currently
associated RBs.
NOTE
There is no aging algorithm for associated RBs. An RB is only removed from the list of
associated RBs under the following conditions:
A. A SNAP frame is received from another BU indicating that the RB is now associated
with the other BU.
B. The RB failed to respond to a certain number of consecutive frames transmitted by
the BU and is considered to have "aged out".
¾ The aging time specified for entries in these table. There is no
aging time for Association Info entries.
¾ The maximum number of entries permitted for this table, which
is 1.