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View mesh point statistics for member access points and their connected clients.

Procedure

  1. Select Statistics > Mesh Point > Details.
  2. View the following details:
    Hostname Displays the administrator assigned hostname for each configured mesh point in the mesh network
    MAC Address Displays the MAC Address of each configured mesh point in the mesh network
    Mesh Point Name Displays the name of each configured mesh point in the mesh network
    Root A root mesh point is defined as a mesh point connected to the WAN and provides a wired backhaul to the network
  3. Select Plus sign from the Root option to view additional device details.
    The root information provides the list of devices not connected to a root within a mesh network.
  4. Select a device from Device Type to view the following details:
    • General
    • Path
    • Root
    • Multicast Path
    • Neighbors
    • Security
    • Proxy
  5. Refer to the General tab for the following information:
    Name Unique name of each configured mesh point in the mesh network
    MAC MAC Address of each configured mesh point in the mesh network
    Hostname Administrator assigned hostname for each configured mesh point in the mesh network
    Configured as Root A root mesh point is defined as a mesh point that is connected to the WAN and provides a wired backhaul to the network
    Is Root Indicates whether the current mesh point is a root mesh point
    Destination Address The destination is the endpoint of mesh path. It may be a MAC address or a mesh point ID
    Root MP ID Lists the interface ID of the interface on which the next hop for the mesh network can be found
    Interface ID Uniquely identifies an interface associated with the ID. Each mesh point on a device can be associated with one or more interfaces
    Next Hop IFID Identifies the ID of the interface on which the next hop for the mesh network can be found
    Root Bound Time Displays the duration this mesh point has been connected to the mesh root
    IFID Count Displays the number of IFIDs associated with all the configured mesh points in the network
    Next Hops Use Time Lists the time when the next hop in the mesh network topology was last utilized
    Root Hops Number of hops to a root and should not exceed 4 in general practice. If using the same interface to both transmit and receive, then you will get approximately half the performance every additional hop out
    Radio Interface Lists the radio interface on which the mesh point operates
  6. Refer to the Path tab for the following information:
    Name Displays the name of each configured mesh point in the RF Domain
    Destination Address The destination is the endpoint of mesh path. It can be a MAC address or a mesh point ID
    Destination The MAC Address used by the interface on the neighbor device to communicate with this device. This may define a particular radio or Ethernet port that communicates with this device over the mesh
    Is Root A root mesh point is defined as a mesh point that is connected to the WAN and provides a wired backhaul to the network
    MiNT ID Displays the MiNT Protocol ID for the global mint area identifier. This area identifier separates two overlapping mint networks and need only be configured if the administrator has two mint networks that share the same packet broadcast domain
    Next Hop IFID The Interface ID of the mesh point that traffic is being directed to
    Hops Number of hops to a root and should not exceed 4 in general practice. If using the same interface to both transmit and receive, then you will get approximately half the performance every additional hop out
    Mobility Displays whether the mesh point is a mobile or static node. Displays True when the device is mobile and False when the device is not mobile
    Metric A measure of the quality of the path. A lower value indicates a better path
    State Indicates whether the path is currently Valid or Invalid
    Binding Indicates whether the path is bound or unbound
    Timeout The timeout interval in seconds. The interpretation this value will vary depending on the value of the state. If the state is Init or In Progress, the timeout duration has no significance. If the state is Enabled, the timeout duration indicates the amount of time left before the security validity check is initiated. If the state is Failed, the timeout duration is the amount of time after which the system will retry
    Sequence The sequence number also known as the destination sequence number. It is updated whenever a mesh point receives new information about the sequence number from RREQ, RREP, or RERR messages that may be received related to that destination
  7. Refer to the Root tab for the following information:
    Name Displays the name of each configured mesh point in the RF Domain
    Recommended Displays the root that is recommended by the mesh routing layer
    Root MP ID The MP identifier is used to distinguish between other mesh points both on the same device and on other devices. This is used by a user to setup the preferred root configuration
    Next Hop IFID The IFID of the next hop. The IFID is the MAC Address on the destination device
    Radio Interface This indicates the interface that is used by the device to communicate with this neighbor
    Bound Indicates whether the root is bound or unbound
    Metric Displays the computed path metric between the neighbor and their root mesh point
    Interface Bias This field lists any bias applied because of the Preferred Root Interface Index
    Neighbor Bias This field lists any bias applied because of the Preferred Root Next-Hop Neighbor IFID
    Root Bias This field lists any bias applied because of the Preferred Root MPID
  8. Refer to the Multicast Path tab for the following information:
    Name Displays the name of each configured mesh point in the RF Domain
    Subscriber Name Lists the subscriber name is used to distinguish between other mesh point neighbors both on the same device and on other devices
    Subscriber MP ID Lists the subscriber ID to distinguish between other mesh point neighbors both on the same device and on other devices
    Group Address Displays the MAC address used for the Group in the mesh point
    Timeout The timeout interval in seconds. The interpretation this value will vary depending on the value of the state. If the state is Init or In Progress, the timeout duration has no significance. If the state is Enabled, the timeout duration indicates the amount of time left before the security validity check is initiated. If the state is Failed, the timeout duration is the amount of time after which the system will retry
  9. Refer to the Neighbors tab for the following information:
    Name Displays the name of each configured mesh point in the RF Domain
    Destination Address The destination is the endpoint of mesh path. It may be a MAC address or a mesh point ID
    Neighbor MP ID The MAC Address that the device uses to define the mesh point in the device that the neighbor is a part of. It is used to distinguish the device that is the neighbor
    Neighbor IFID The MAC Address used by the interface on the neighbor device to communicate with this device. This may define a particular radio or Ethernet port that communicates with this device over the mesh
    Root MP ID The mesh point ID of the neighbor's root mesh point
    Is Root A root mesh point is defined as a mesh point that is connected to the WAN and provides a wired backhaul to the network. Yes if the mesh point that is the neighbor is a root mesh point or No if the Mesh Point that is the neighbor is not a root
    Mobility Displays whether the mesh point is a mobile or static node. Displays True when the device is mobile and False when the device is not mobile
    Radio Interface This indicates the interface that is used by the device to communicate with this neighbor
    Mesh Root Hops The number of devices between the neighbor and its root mesh point. If the neighbor is a root mesh point, this value will be 0. If the neighbor is not a root mesh point but it has a neighbor that is a root mesh point, this value will be 1. Each mesh point between the neighbor and its root mesh point is counted as 1 hop
    Resourced Displays whether the mesh point has been resourced or not. The Mesh Connex neighbor table can contain more neighbors than the AP supports. If the neighbor is resourced, it will take away a one of the resources for a wireless client device to be used for meshing. Displays True when the device is resourced and False when the device is not
    Link Quality An abstract value depicting the quality of the mesh link between the device and the neighbor. The range is from 0 (weakest) to 100 (strongest)
    Link Metric This value shows the computed path metric from the device to the neighbor mesh point using this interface. The lower the number the better the possibility that the neighbor will be chosen as the path to the root mesh point
    Root Metric The computed path metric between the neighbor and their root mesh point
    Rank The rank is the level of importance and is used for automatic resource management
    • 8 – The current next hop to the recommended root
    • 7 – Any secondary next hop to the recommended root to has a good potential route metric
    • 6 – A next hop to an alternate root node
    • 5 – A downstream node currently hopping through to get to the root
    • 4 – A downstream node that could hop through to get to the root, but is currently not hopping through any node (look at authentication, as this might be an issue)
    • 3 – A downstream node that is currently hopping through a different node to get to the root, but could potentially have a better route metric if it hopped through this node
    • 2 – Reserved for active peer to peer routes and is not currently used
    • 1 - A neighbor bound to the same recommended root but does not have a potential route metric as good as the neighbors ranked 8 and 7
    • 0 – A neighbor bound to a different root node
    • -1 – Not a member of the mesh as it has a different mesh ID
    All client devices hold a rank of 3 and can replace any mesh devices lower than that rank
    Age Displays the number of milliseconds since the mesh point last heard from this neighbor
  10. Refer to the Security tab for the following information:
    Name Unique name of each configured mesh point in the network
    Destination Address Endpoint of a mesh path. It can be a MAC address or a mesh point ID
    Radio Interface Indicates the interface that is used by the device to communicate with this neighbor
    Interface ID The IFID uniquely identifies an interface associated with the MPID. Each mesh point on a device can be associated with one or more interfaces
    State Displays the link state for each mesh point:
    • Init - indicates the link has not been established or has expired
    • Enabled - indicates the link is available for communication
    • Failed - indicates the attempt to establish the link failed and cannot be retried yet
    • In Progress - indicates the link is being established but is not yet available
    Timeout Displays the maximum value in seconds that the link is allowed to stay in the In Progress state before timing out
    Keep Alive Indicates whether the local mesh point will act as a source to authenticate the link and not let it expire
  11. Refer to the Proxy tab for the following information:
    Name Displays the name of each configured mesh point in the RF Domain
    Destination Address The destination is the endpoint of mesh path. It may be a MAC address or a mesh point ID
    Proxy Address Displays the MAC Address of the proxy used in the mesh point
    Age Displays the age of the proxy connection for each of the mesh points in the RF Domain
    Proxy Owner The owner (MPID) is used to distinguish the device that is the neighbor
    VLAN The VLAN ID used as a virtual interface with this proxy. A value of 4095 indicates that there is no VLAN ID