Overview

The Overview dashboard provides the summary of Clients, WLANs Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection., Usage, and Radios.

See Figure 1 for Overview page.

Figure 1  Overview Page

The Overview dashboard contains the following windows:

• CLIENTS—This window displays the information about all the clients connected to a managed device within the network hierarchy. The number of wired and wireless clients is displayed in the bottom right corner of the CLIENTS window. This is the default page. For more information, see Clients.

  You can view the following information using the Grouped by drop-down list.

  • Health—Displays the health score of the wireless clients connected to APs. The health score are Good, Fair, Poor, or Unknown. Click the donut chart area or hyperlinked number to navigate to the Wireless clients table and view the details of the wireless clients connected to APs.
  • Band—Displays the list of wireless clients under the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz., 5 GHz Gigahertz., and 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. Click the donut chart area or hyperlinked number to navigate to the Wireless clients table and view the details of the wireless clients connected to APs.
  • Data Speed—Displays the data speed (bps) of the wireless clients connected to APs. Click the vertical bar to navigate to the Wireless clients table and view the details of the selected wireless clients.
  • Signal Quality—Displays the SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio. SNR is used for comparing the level of a desired signal with the level of background noise. (dB Decibel. Unit of measure for sound or noise and is the difference or ratio between two signal levels.) ranges of the wireless clients connected to APs. Click the vertical bar to navigate to the Wireless clients table and view the details of the selected wireless clients.
  • Operating System—Displays the number of clients that are running each type of operating systems. Click the OS area in the donut chart or hyperlinked number to navigate to the Wireless clients table and view the details of the wireless clients running the selected operating system type.

• WLANS—This window displays the summary of all active WLANs Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. in the managed device. This is the default page. Click the horizontal bar or hyperlinked number to navigate to the WLANs table and view the details of the active WLANs Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection.. For more information, see WLANs.

  You can view the following information using the Show WLANs drop-down list.

  • With most clients—Displays five WLANs Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. currently accessed by highest number of clients, in decreasing order. Click the horizontal bar or hyperlinked number to navigate to the WLANs table and view the details of the selected WLAN Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection..
  • With highest usage—Displays five WLANs Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. with highest number of bytes transmitted and received, in decreasing order. Click the horizontal bar or hyperlinked number to navigate to the WLANs table and view the details of the selected WLAN Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection..
• USAGE—Displays the throughput data (bps) transmitted and received in the last 15 minutes. Click the hyperlinked number to navigate to the Usage page and view the details of the data transmitted and received. For more information, see Usage.

Click Current icon in the top right corner of the window to display the data transmitted and received in the last 15 minutes.

• RADIOS—Displays the information of all radios of APs controlled by the managed device. For more information, see Radios.

  You can view the following information using the Grouped by drop-down list.

  • Channel Quality—Displays the channel quality of the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz., 5 GHz Gigahertz., and 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. This is a default page. Click the vertical bar to navigate to the Radios table and view the details of the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz., 5 GHz Gigahertz., or 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation..
  • Interference—Displays the percentage of interference in the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz., 5 GHz Gigahertz., and 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. Click the vertical bar to navigate to the Radios table and view the details of the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz., 5 GHz Gigahertz., or 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation..
  • Channel Busy—Displays the percentage of busy channel in the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz., 5 GHz Gigahertz., and 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. Click the vertical bar to navigate to the Radios table and view the details of the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz., 5 GHz Gigahertz., or 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation..
  • Channel — Displays the active channels in the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz., 5 GHz Gigahertz., and 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. Click the vertical bar to navigate to the Radios table and view the details of the individual radio bands Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation..

Mesh Links Table

Navigate to Dashboard > Overview and click on Mesh Links in the Radios window.

The Mesh Links table is displayed with the following information:

• Cluster name
• Status
• Uplink Age
• Portal Access Point
• Mesh Points
• Band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

Expand a mesh link to view the information related to Link Statuses, Usage and Signal details.

The Link Statuses window displays the following information:

• Portal: Displays the status of AP Portal. Clicking on the AP name will re-direct the user to Access Points page.
• Points: Displays the status of all mesh points. Clicking on the AP name re-direct the user to Access Points page.
• Uptime: Displays uptime of the mesh portal.
• SNR/Uplink age: Hover over SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio. SNR is used for comparing the level of a desired signal with the level of background noise./ Uplink Age to view the SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio. SNR is used for comparing the level of a desired signal with the level of background noise. values (in db) and the Uplink age. The color of the battery icon indicates the following:
  • Green- SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio. SNR is used for comparing the level of a desired signal with the level of background noise. value is 35db or higher
  • Orange- SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio. SNR is used for comparing the level of a desired signal with the level of background noise. value is between 20db to 35db
  • Red- SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio. SNR is used for comparing the level of a desired signal with the level of background noise. value is below 20db

The Usage window displays the throughput and goodput data for all links or for a specific mesh link.

• Throughput - The Show throughput displays the transmitted and received data (bps) in the last 15 minutes.
• Goodput - The Show goodput displays the goodput Goodput is the application level throughput that refers to the ratio of the total bytes transmitted or received in the network to the total air time required for transmitting or receiving the bytes. data (bps) in the last 15 minutes.

The Signal window displays the channel utilization, transferred frames, and snr for all links or for a specific mesh link.

• Channel utilization- The Show channel utilization displays the percentage of the current channel utilization. The channel utilization information is categorized into Tx time, Rx time, Interference, and Free.
  • Transferred frames- The Show transferred frames displays information about transmitted or received frames in the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz., 5 GHz Gigahertz., or 6 GHz Gigahertz. band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. This information is categorized into Successful, Retried, and Dropped.
• SNR: The Show snr displays the SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio. SNR is used for comparing the level of a desired signal with the level of background noise. (db) ranges of mesh links.