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Canopy System User Guide Viewing Summary Information in the
Overload Tab (All)
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Viewing Summary Information in the Overload
Tab (All)
The Overload tab displays statistics on packet overload and resultant packet discards. Unlike the
other fields, the Total Packets Overload Count is expressed in only this tab. It is not a count of
how many packets have been lost, but rather of how many discard events (packet loss bursts) have
been detected due to overload condition.
Figure 170: Overload tab of the AP
Table 79: Overload tab attributes
Attribute Meaning
Total Packets Overload
Count
This field represents the sum of all RF and Ethernet in/out
discards.
Ethernet In Discards This field represents the number of packets tossed due to the
Ethernet queue being full. If a climb in this stat accompanies a
climb in RF Out Discards stat, then most likely the board is at RF
capacity either due to traffic exceeding the RF pipe, or
interference temporarily limiting the RF throughput. If this stat
climbs without the RF Out Discards stat climbing, then the radio
is most likely PPS limited.