Specifications

Status Information
RoamAbout Access Point 3000 Configuration Guide 4-83
• StationAdd ressistheMACaddressofthewirelessclient.
• Authenticateddisplaysifthestationhasbeenauthenticated.Thetwobasicmethodsof
authenticationsupportedfor802.11wirelessnetworksare“opensystem”and“sharedkey.”
Open‐systemauthenticationacceptsanyclientattempting toconnecttotheaccesspoint
withoutverifying
itsidentity.Theshared‐keyapproachusesWiredEquivalentPrivacy(WEP)
toverifyclientidentitybydistributingasharedkeytostationsbeforeattempting
authentication.
• Associateddisplaysifthestationhasbeensuccessfullyassociatedwiththeaccesspoint.Once
authenticationiscompleted,stationscanassociatewiththecurrentaccesspoint,or
reassociate
withanewaccesspoint.Theassociationprocedureallowsthewirelesssystemtotrackthe
locationofeachmobileclient,andensurethatframesdestinedforeachclientareforwardedto
theappropriateaccesspoint.
• ForwardingAlloweddisplaysifthestationhaspassed802.1xauthentication,andisnow
allowed
toforwardtraffictotheaccesspoint.
• KeyTypedisplaysthe currentkeytypeusedforencryption.
• Txdisplaysthenumberofpackets/bytesthatthisstationhastransmitted.
• Rxdisplaysthenumberofpackets/bytesthatthisstationhasreceived.