Installation guide

Installing the Access Point 3-23

Verifying the Operation of the Access Point

Table 3-1: Access Point LED Summary Table

Name Description

Power/System

Lights when the AP has power and has passed the self-test. If the AP

fails the test, the LED blinks at a steady rate.

Bridge State Lights when the AP is forwarding packets.

Access Point

Saturated

Lights when the AP is saturated. Saturation occurs when the AP

cannot forward packets from the Ethernet to the wireless side due to

the lower throughput of the wireless network. The degree of LED

brightness indicates the level of saturation. The LED dims (and

eventually extinguishes) as the network congestion is processed.

Wireless LAN

Activity

Lights when packets are:

• Received on the wireless port and forwarded to the

Ethernet port.

• Received on the Ethernet port and forwarded to the

wireless port.

• Addressed to or generated by the AP using the wireless

port.

Packets received and filtered are not shown. The average brightness

of the LED indicates the level of activity on the wireless port. If the

LED blinks in unison with the Power/System OK and the Bridge

State LEDs, the wireless port has a fault that prevents the AP from

establishing a connection to the network.

Wired LAN

Activity

Lights when data is received on the Ethernet port. Data transmitted by

the AP is not shown. Data traffic forwarded to the Ethernet port from

the wireless port is not shown.