Managing Wireless Clients
Summit 300-48 Switch Software User Guide 85
Collecting Client Information
Client information is collected from stations when sending frames to the Altitude 300. Based on the
frames the client exchanges with the Altitude 300, three types of information are collected. These types
are listed below:
• Current state: Current condition of the client. It is limited to clients that have sent this station an
authentication request.
•MAC layer: Information about the operation of the MAC transport layer as it affects this particular
client. This information can be used to detect problems with Altitude 300 placement, link utilization,
etc.
• Historical information: View of a station through time. State transitions are preserved through a
series of counters. This information can be used to debug various configuration problems.
Client Current State
Client current state information is available for all clients that have sent an authentication message to
the Altitude 300. Information in this table is timed out if no packets have been received from the client
by the configurable period of time set by the administrator.
Last Seen Time last PROBE REQ was seen from this source
Client Client is associated to the Altitude 300 (Y | N)
Table 30: Client Current State Commands
Command Description
show wireless port <portlist> interface [1|2]
clients <mac_address> [detail]
Command to show details of the current client state (see Table 31).
The optional keyword, detail, provides more in-depth information.
configure wireless port <portlist>
detected-station-timeout <X>
Command to configure the table age time-out value. The value is
given in seconds, with a range of 60 to 3600
Table 31: Client Current State Details
Value Description
Client MAC MAC address of the client adapter
Current State DETECTED, AUTHED, ASSOC, or FORWARD. Indicates which part
of the state machine the client is currently in.
Last state change The system time when the client last changed states
Encryption Type Type of MAC-level encryption the client is using. This is negotiated
during the association state machine, so is only valid if client state is
FORWARDING.
Authentication Type Last type of authentication the client tried. In the case of a client in
FORWARDING, indicates the type of authentication that granted
access to the network.
ESSID Extended service set identifier of the network
Wireless Port Wireless switch port serving the client
Table 29: Client Scan Results (continued)
Variable Description
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