D-Link DWL-3600AP - Viewing Wireless Neighborhood Information

ViewingWirelessNeighborhoodInformation
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
November2011 Page158
UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
ViewingWirelessNeighborhoodInformation
TheWirelessNeighborhoodshowsupto20accesspointsperradiowithinrangeofeverymemberofthe
cluster,showswhichaccesspointsar ewithinrangeofwhichclustermembers,anddistinguishesbetween
clustermembersandnon‐members.
Foreachneighboraccesspoint,theWirelessNeighborhoodviewshowsidentifyinginformation(SSID
or
NetworkName,IPAddress,MACaddress)alongwithradiostatistics(signalstrength,channel,beaconinterval).
YoucanclickonanAPtogetadditionalstatisticsabouttheAPsinradiorangeofthecurrentlyselectedAP.
TheWirelessNeighborhoodviewcanhelpyou:
• Detectandlocateunexpected(orrogue)
accesspointsinawirelessdomainsothatyoucantakeactionto
limitassociatedrisks
• Verifycoverageexpectations.ByassessingwhichAPsarevisibleatwhatsignalstrengthfromotherAPs,
youcanverifythatthedeploymentmeetsyourplanninggoals.
• Detectfaults.Unexpectedchangesinthecover agepatternare
evidentataglanceinthecolorcodedtable.
Figure49:WirelessNeighborhood
Note:TheWirelessNeighborhoodpageshowsupto20accesspointsperradio.Toseealltheaccess
pointsdetectedonagivenclusteraccesspoint,navigatetothatclustermember'swebinterfaceand
gototheStatus>NeighboringAccessPointspage.