System information

130 The Statistics Menu
• “Bar height” spinbox—allows you to select the bar height.
Wireless Types Tab (active for wireless analysis only)
This display shows the type of each station sensed in the air: whether it is a network
station talking over the air to wireless stations, a wireless station, or an AP. For
stations, it shows which APs they are using. For APs, it displays the Service Set
Identifier (SSID) and whether WEP is enabled on that AP. It also displays Control,
Data and Management totals per station. As with other tabular displays in Observer,
right-click on the column headings to configure the column view.
Statistic Description
Alias Alias of the Top Talker system, if one is available.
Address Media Access Control (MAC) address, i.e., the “hardware address.”
Packets The total number of packets sent by the system.
Management The number of management packets sent by the system.
Control The number of control packets sent by the system.
Data The number of data packets sent by the system.
Probe Request The number probe requests sent by the system.
Retries The number of transmission retries sent by the system.
Type The type of station: Wireless or Access Point