View Application Visibility - AP
App-Category Stats
Categories are existing system or user defined application groups (video, streaming,
mobile, audio etc.) that assist administrators in filtering (allowing or denying)
application data.
Click the Category
tab.
The Category
screen displays.
Refer to the Top
Categories graph to assess the most prolific, and allowed,
application data categories utilized by the access point.
Total Bytes
Displays the top ten application categories in respect to
total data bytes passing through the access point managed
network. These are only the administrator allowed
application categories approved for proliferation within the
access point managed network.
Bytes Uploaded
Displays the top ten application categories in respect to
total data bytes uploaded through the access point managed
network. If this category data is not aligned with
application utilization expectations, consider allowing or
denying additional categories or adjusting their precedence
(priority).
Bytes Downloaded
Displays the top ten application categories in respect to
total data bytes downloaded from the access point managed
network. If this category data is not aligned with
application utilization expectations, consider allowing or
denying additional categories and categories or adjusting
their precedence (priority).
Refer to the Category
Detailed Stats table to assess specific application category
data utilization:
Category Name
Lists the allowed category whose application data (in
bytes) is passing through the access point managed
network.
Uploaded
Displays the number of uploaded application category data
(in bytes) passing the through the access point managed
network.
Downloaded
Displays the number of downloaded application category
data (in bytes) passing the through the access point managed
network.
Num Flows
Lists the total number of application category data flows
passing through access point connected clients. A category
flow can consist of packets in a specific connection or
media stream. Packets with the same source address/port and
destination address/port are considered one flow.
Click Clear Category Stats
to clear the application category assessment data counters and begin
a new assessment. Selecting this option will not clear application stats, just
category stats.
Click Refresh to update
the statistics counters to their latest values.
