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Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 9 Network Management
Using the Association Table
To Station Information
Fields in the To Station column in the second table on the Station page contain the following
information:
• Alert—Click this box if you want detailed packet trace information captured for the Association
Table page. This option is only available to users with Administrator capability.
• Packets OK—Reports the number of good packets coming to the station.
• Total Bytes OK—Reports the number of good bytes coming to the station.
• Total Errors—Reports the total number of packet errors coming to the station.
• Max. Retry Pkts.—Reports the number of times data packets have reached the maximum long or
short retry number. Set the maximum RTS value on the AP Radio Hardware page; see the “Entering
Radio Hardware Information” section on page 3-10 for instructions.
• RTS (Short) Retries—Reports the number of times the RTS packet had to be retried.
• Data (Long) Retries—Reports the number of times the data packet had to be retried.
From Station Information
Fields in the To Station column contain the following information:
• Alert—Click this box if you want detailed packet trace information captured for the Association
Table page. This option is only available to users with Administrator capability.
• Packets OK—Reports the number of good packets sent from the station.
• Total Bytes OK—Reports the number of good bytes sent from the station.
• Total Errors—Reports the total number of packet errors sent from the station.
• WEP Errors—Reports the number of encryption errors sent from the station.
Rate, Signal, and Status Information
The table under the To and From Station table lists rate, signal, and status information for the device.
Data rate and signal quality information appears on Station pages for client devices. On Station pages
for access points, this area shows network information such as system uptime.
• Parent—Displays the system name of the device to which the client, bridge or repeater is associated.
The entry [self] indicates that the device is associated with this access point.
• Current Rate—Reports the current data transmission rate. If the station is having difficulty
communicating with the access point, this might not be the highest operational rate.
• Latest Retries—Tally of short and long data retries.
• Next Hop—If repeater access points are used on the network, this field names the next access point
in the repeater chain.
• Operational Rates—The data transmission rates in common between the access point and the
station.
• Latest Signal Strength—Displays the current index of radio signal quality.