## Miscellaneous Statistics

The Miscellaneous Statistics screen shows grouped statistics for WNMP and SNMP packets, filtering violations, and serial port use.

- Select Show Misc Statistics from the Main Menu .
- Select Refresh to update the values manually at the status display.
- Select Timed to automatically update the display every two seconds.
- Press ESC to return to the previous menu.

WNMP statistics include:

Echoes | Echo requests received by the access point
Pings | Ping requests received by the access point
Passthrough Echoes | Echoes for clients associated with the access point

SNMP statistics include:

Requests | Configuration requests received from the SNMP manager
Traps | Access point messages sent to the SNMP manager

Filter statistics include:

ACL Violations | Attempts by client, not in ACL list to associate with this access point
Address | Packets discarded by address filter
Type | Packets discarded by type filter

Modem statistics for the serial port include:

Number of Dialouts | Dial-out attempts by the access point
Dialout Failures | Dial-out failures by the access point
Number of Answers | Answer attempts by the access point
Current Call Time | Current connection session length in seconds
Last Call Time | Last connection session length in seconds

Mobile IP statistics include:

Agent Ad Sent | Number of agent advertisements sent from the access point
Reg Request Received | Number of Mobile IP registration requests received
Reg Reply Sent | Number of Mobile IP registration replies sent

### Analyzing Channel Use

The Intel® PRO/Wireless 2011B LAN Access Point keeps statistics for individual channels (frequencies). These identify channels that have difficulty transmitting or receiving due to retries.

#### To view statistics for individual channels:

1. Select Show Misc Statistics from the Main Menu.
2. Select Per Channel Statistics. The display shows the packets sent, received, and retries for each channel.
3. Press any key to continue.

### Analyzing Retries

The access point keeps statistics of packets with multiple retries. Use these statistics to identify severe occurrences of retries. Retries occur when the transmitting station fails to receive an acknowledgment for a transmitted packet. This lack of acknowledgment can result from:

1. two or more stations transmitting simultaneously and causing collisions
2. the receiving station moving out of range
3. the receiving station being powered off.

Any one of these results causes both devices to suspend transmitting and retry later. Too many retries can indicate a system problem.

#### To view retry severity:

1. Select Show Misc Statistics from the Main Menu.
2. Select Retry Histogram. The display indicates the packets that experience retries (up to 15 retries).

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