User's Guide

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
Q- Is your system SNMP-manageable? From what platforms?
A- Each Access/One Network Wireless Module and Network Server contains an SNMP
Agent that allows them to be managed by any Network Management Platform via
standard MIB variables and Strix’ private MIB extensions. An example of typical
Management Platform is HP OpenView.
Q- Describe the management GUI. What are the statistics that one may gather
from the system?
A- The Access/One Network can be configured and monitored via Manager/One™, the
system’s built-in web server interface, via a standard web browser. Access/One
Network can also be managed from a terminal or PC connected via Telnet using the
system’s Command Line Interface (CLI).
The main Manager/One screen provides a map (via auto-discovery) of all Network
Nodes within the Access/One Network. From this screen the IT Manager can define
settings such as security on a network-wide, group-level or individual Node basis. This
screen will also provide quick glance details of the Nodes such as health status. The IT
Manager can also click on any Node and drill-down for element manager-type
functionality, such as Node-level configuration and statistics.
The configuration function consists of items such as general and advanced parameters,
security and privacy settings, firmware updates, and SNMP configuration. As you would
expect, from these screens all of the standard networking and wireless parameters can
be defined and set. Examples include SSID, Turbo on/off, DHCP/static IP,
Encryption on/off, WEP/TKIP/AES, Encryption key and length, 802.1x enable, and
RADIUS setup.
The reported statistics are separated by Network Node versus attached stations. The
Network Node statistics reported include total authentication and association attempts,
number of packets sent and received, various transmit / receive errors, and CRC errors.
The per-station statistics monitored and reported include association state, signal
strength, data rate (Mbps), various types of packet errors, authentication type,
encryption, number of associations / disassociations / reassociations, and number of
packets sent and received.
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