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Maintenance and Monitoring
This page provides some basic information about the current access point and a
real-time display of the transmit and receive statistics for this access point as described
in the following table. All transmit and receive statistics shown are totals since the access
point was last started. If the AP is rebooted, these figures indicate
transmit/receive totals since the reboot.
Field
Description
IP Address
IP Address
for the access point.
MAC Address
Media Access Control (
MAC
) address for the specified interface.
A MAC address is a permanent, unique hardware address for any device
that represents an interface to the network. The MAC address is
assigned by the manufacturer.
The D-Link DWL-2210AP has a unique MAC address for each interface. A
two-radio access point has a different MAC address for each interface on
each of its two radios.
VLAN ID
Virtual
LAN
(
VLAN
) ID.
A VLAN is a software-based, logical grouping of devices on a network
that allow them to act as if they are connected to a single physical
network, even though they may not be.
VLANs can be used to establish internal and guest networks on the
same access point.
SSID
Wireless network name. Also known as the
SSID
, this alphanumeric key
uniquely identifies a wireless local area network.
The SSID is set on the Basic Settings tab. (See “Provide Administrator
Password and Wireless Network Name” in this manual.)
Transmit and Receive Information
Total Packets
Indicates total packets sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received
table) by this access point.
Total Bytes
Indicates total bytes sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received table)
by this access point.
Errors
Indicates total errors related to sending and receiving data on this access
point.