Concept Guide

Parameter Description
Current State
Indicates whether the client is currently steerable
Client Supported
Channels
Lists the channels that support client use
Current Time
Timestamp showing the current date and time
AP
Name of the AP from which the client can detect a signal
IP address
IP address of the AP from which the client can detect a signal
Radio
MAC address of the AP radio from which the client can detect a signal
ESSID
Identifying name of the wireless network for each AP
Signal (dBm)
Signal strength, in dBm, from the AP radio
Last Update
Time that the virtual beacon report last updated information for the AP radio
Add Time
Date and time the client is successfully steered and added to the AP
Channel/EIRP/Clients
Channel used by the AP radio, the amount of power transmitted from the AP
antennae, and the number of clients associated to it
Flag
The output of this column shows the following values:
l *: Flag indicating that the client is currently associated to this AP
l S: Flag indicating a stale entry, with the last client update from this radio
produced 120+ seconds ago
l U: Flag indicating that the client does not support the channel the radio is
currently operating on
The following example displays a virtual beacon report for all clients in the network.
(host) #show ap virtual-beacon-report all
Client MAC :60:d9:c7:a2:42:cb
Current association :1260-205 (9c:1c:12:fe:0f:d2)
Steer attempts/Success :0/0
Consecutive (Fails/BTM Rej/BTM Timeouts) :0/0/0
Bandsteer window (Steers/Start time/Expiry time) :0/0/0
Client Device Type :Unknown
Current state :Steerable
Active media sessions: No
Client Supported Channels :{36,4}{52,4}{100,11}{149,4}{165,1}
Current Time :Oct 29 12:38:35 2014
STA Beacon Report
-----------------
AP IP address Radio ESSID Signal (dBm) Last update
Add time Channel/EIRP/Clients Flag
-- ---------- ----- ----- ------------ ----------- --
------ -------------------- ----
Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.5.x | Reference Guide show ap virtual-beacon-report | 1338