Connectivity

The Connectivity card displays a graphical representation of the clients connected to each radio of the AP, which in turn is connected to switches through VLAN. The exact connection path of an AP is based on the network topology.

To view additional details of the connection path, click the expand icon.

Figure 1: Connectivity card

The Connection Path in the expanded card displays the following information:

• The AP device is highlighted and indicates the current context.

• Each node in the connection path is represented by an icon indicating the node type.
  The following table lists the icons used to represent different node types.
  

  Table 1: Node Types and Icons

  Icons	Node Type
  	Access Point
  	Gateway
  	Switch
  	Switch stack
  	Wireless client
  	Wired client
  	WLAN
  	Cloud
  	Internet
  	Unmanaged switch or gateway device

• An icon to the top left of a client and managed device indicates the health status of the node.
  

• Each forked branch to the left of the AP represents the access mode radios on that AP, including an additional branch for wired connections (if any).

• Each branch or link displays the number of clients currently connected on that interface. The line color on each branch indicates the stacked client experience from poor to good.

  The following table lists the colors used to represent the overall client health experience to the AP on the respective radio or interface.

  Table 2: Link Color and Client Health Experience

  Link Color	Client Health Experience
  Red	Poor
  Yellow	Fair
  Green	Good
  Grey	Status of the node is unknown when there are no clients connected on that radio or interface.

• Each link in the connection path displays a label to either provide additional details or display potential problems.

• Statistics—Displays the total time during which the AP was offline over the monitoring window selected in the timeline.

  Note:

  If the AP is down, then the total offline time will be shown with a precision of 0 minutes to 5 minutes.

  If the AP is up and the connectivity is broken from Central for less than 30 minutes, there is a buffer that will not impact the total offline time calculation. But, if the connectivity is broken for more than 30 minutes, the total offline time will have an impact (offline time will increase).