Ethernet Statistics

The Intel® PRO/Wireless 2011B LAN Access Point keeps Ethernet performance statistics including packet transmission and data retries until reset.

Web Interface

  1. Select Ethernet from the Statistics Menu at the left side of the screen.
  2. Configure the access point system settings as required.
  3. Click Start Refresh to update the values on the screen.
  4. When finished, click Stop Refresh.

Management Console

  1. To view the information, select Ethernet Statistics from the Main Menu.
  2. Select Refresh to update the values manually at the status display.
  3. Select Timed to automatically update the display every two seconds.
  4. Press ESC to return to the previous menu.

Parameter Descriptions

Packets Seen

packets received on Ethernet interface

Packets Forwarded

packets forwarded from Ethernet interface to other interfaces

Discarded/NoMatch

packets discarded because of unknown destinations (destinations not in the known list of database entries)

Discarded/Forced

packets discarded because of the applied address filters

Discarded/Buffer

packets discarded because insufficient buffers in access point

Discarded/CRC

packets discarded because of data errors

Broadcast/Multicast

total broadcast or multicast packets received

Individual Address

packets received with designated individual addresses

Packets Sent

total packets sent out

Any Collision

packets affected by at least one collision

1 + Collisions

packets affected by more than one collision

Maximum Collisions

packets affected by the maximum number of collision

Late Collisions

collisions occurring after the first 64 bytes

Defers

the times the access point had to defer transmit requests on the Ethernet because of a busy medium


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