Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Monitoring Your Network
Table 5-7. Host Table Counters in the Access Point View
Counter Description
Authentication The last observed authentication method for
this host. Possible values include:
•Open
•Shared
• 802.1X-PSK
Monitored Topology The wireless network topology on which this
station was last seen transmitting. For
example, A for 802.11A, B for 802.11b, and
so on.
Monitored Channel The wireless network channel on which this
station was last seen transmitting.
Valid Topology The wireless network topology on which this
station is supposed to be transmitting
according to the information in transmitted
packets.
Compare this value to the Monitored
Topology value.
Valid Channel The wireless network channel on which this
station is supposed to be transmitting
according to the information in transmitted
packets.
Compare this value to the Monitored
Channel value to see how channels are
overlapping in your WLAN.
Signal Curr The average of all measured signal strengths
for this station.
Signal Max Of the measured signal strengths for this
station, the highest (expressed as a
percentage).
Signal Min Of the measured signal strengths for this
station, the lowest (expressed as a
percentage).
In Bytes The number of bytes received by this access
point.
Out Bytes The number of bytes transmitted by this
access point.
In Pkts The number of packets received by this
access point.
Out Pkts The number of packets transmitted by this
access point.
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