Assessing The Rf Link; Viewing The Link Status Meter - Cisco AIR-PCM340 Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 7 Performing Diagnostics
Table 7-3
Packets Aged
Up Time (hh:mm:ss)

Assessing the RF Link

You can determine the performance of the RF link between your client adapter and its associated access
point in two different ways:
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Viewing the Link Status Meter

To access the Link Status Meter screen, select Status from the File pull-down menu (see Figure 7-1) and
the Link Status Meter tab. The Link Status Meter screen appears (see Figure 7-5).
Figure 7-5
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Client Adapter Transmit Statistics (continued)
You can use the link status meter (LSM) to view a graphical display of the signal strength and quality
of the client adapter's radio signal. Go to the "Viewing the Link Status Meter" section below.
You can run an RF link test that allows you to set the number and size of the packets to be transmitted
and then to determine the success or failure of those packets. Go to the "Running an RF Link Test"
section on page 7-12.
Link Status Meter Screen
Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Mac OS
The number of packets that were discarded by the client adapter
because they were not transmitted successfully within 5 seconds.
The amount of time (in hours:minutes:seconds) since your client
adapter was started or the Clear Stats button was selected. If the
client adapter has been running for more than 24 hours, the time is
displayed in days, hours:minutes:seconds.
Diagnostic Tools for Mac OS 9.x
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