## Ethernet Statistics

The Intel® PRO/Wireless 2011B LAN Access Point keeps Ethernet performance statistics including packet transmission and data retries until reset.

### Web Interface

1. Select Ethernet from the Statistics Menu at the left side of the screen.
2. Configure the access point system settings as required.
3. Click Start Refresh to update the values on the screen.
4. When finished, click Stop Refresh.

### Management Console

1. To view the information, select Ethernet Statistics from the Main Menu.
2. Select Refresh to update the values manually at the status display.
3. Select Timed to automatically update the display every two seconds.
4. Press ESC to return to the previous menu.

### Parameter Descriptions

Packets Seen | packets received on Ethernet interface
Packets Forwarded | packets forwarded from Ethernet interface to other interfaces
Discarded/NoMatch | packets discarded because of unknown destinations (destinations not in the known list of database entries)
Discarded/Forced | packets discarded because of the applied address filters
Discarded/Buffer | packets discarded because insufficient buffers in access point
Discarded/CRC | packets discarded because of data errors
Broadcast/Multicast | total broadcast or multicast packets received
Individual Address | packets received with designated individual addresses
Packets Sent | total packets sent out
Any Collision | packets affected by at least one collision
1 + Collisions | packets affected by more than one collision
Maximum Collisions | packets affected by the maximum number of collision
Late Collisions | collisions occurring after the first 64 bytes
Defers | the times the access point had to defer transmit requests on the Ethernet because of a busy medium

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