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• Clear Ethernet stats—Initiates resetting of the statis-
tics counter.
Wireless Network Status
(Remotes Only)
The Wireless Network Status screen provides information on a key
operating process of the iNET 900—the association of the Remote with
the Access Point. The following is a description of how this process
takes place and as monitored on the Figure 2-26. Wireless Network
Status Screen" on page 47.
The iNET
Association Process
After the Remote is powered up and finishes its boot cycle, it begins
scanning the 900 MHz band for beacon signals being sent out from AP
units. If the Remote sees a beacon with a Network Name that is the same
as its own, the iNET Remote will stop its scanning and temporarily syn-
chronize its frequency-hopping pattern to match the one encoded on the
AP’s beacon signal. The Remote waits for three identical beacon signals
from the AP and then it toggles into a fully synchronized “associated”
state. If the iNET Remote does not receive three identical beacons from
the Access Point unit within a predetermined time period, the iNET
Remote returns to a scanning mode and continues to search for an AP
with a matching network name in its beacon.
Under normal circumstances, the association process should be com-
pleted within 20 seconds after boot-up.
Remote units are always monitoring the beacon signal. If an associated
iNET Remote loses the AP’s beacon for more than 20 seconds, the asso-
ciation process starts again.
The Wireless
Network
Status Screen
Figure 2-26. Wireless Network Status Screen
• Connection Status—Current state of the iNET wireless
network communication.
• Scanning—The unit is looking for an Access Point beacon
signal.
Library Admin Office
Wireless Network Status
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Connection Status Associated
Current AP 00:06:3d:00:00:f2
Association Date 03 Jan 2002
Association Time 19:38
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