Viewing a Summary of Wireless Clients

You can view a summary of wireless clients that are currently associated with all of your managed APs.

You can view a summary of wireless clients associated with all of your managed APs. From the dashboard, go to Monitor > Clients > Wireless Clients.

The Wireless Clients tab displays a table that lists all clients currently associated with your managed APs.

Note: To view wireless clients that belong to a particular zone, click the zone name in the zone tree. The table refreshes, displaying only the clients that belong to the zone you selected.

The following table lists details for the wireless client.

Note: Not all the columns listed in the following table are displayed by default. To display columns that are currently hidden, click the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the table, and select the check boxes for the columns that you want to display.

Click the icon to export the data into a CSV file.

Note: For 802.1X (WPA2, WPA3) and MAC-auth, WLAN Advanced Option has the Session Timeout configuration. If the Access-Accept of AAA does not include the session timeout, the Session Timeout configuration value is used as the default value. The range is from 120 to 864000 seconds (10 days.) The default value is 172800 seconds (2 days).

Wireless Client Details

Column Name Description
Hostname Displays the hostname of the wireless client
OS Type Displays the operating system that the wireless client is using
IP Address Displays the IP address assigned to the wireless client
MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the wireless client
WLAN Displays the name of the WLAN with which the client is associated
AP Name Displays the name assigned to the access point
AP MAC Displays the MAC address of the access point
Traffic (Session) Displays the total traffic (in KB, MB, GB, or TB) for this client in this session
Traffic (Uplink) Displays the total uplink traffic (in KB, MB, GB, or TB) for this client in this session
Traffic (Downlink) Displays the total downlink traffic (in KB, MB, GB, or TB) for this client in this session
RSSI Displays the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), which indicates how well a wireless client can receive a signal from an AP. The RSSI value is shown in decibels (dB) and displayed as either the real-time value or the average value over the past 90 seconds.
SNR Displays the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), which indicates the signal strength relative to background noise. The SNR value is shown in decibels (dB) and displayed as either the real-time value or the average value over the past 90 seconds.
Radio Type Displays the type of wireless radio that the client supports. Possible values include 11b, 11g, 11g/n, 11a, 11a/g/n,11ac, and 11ax.
VLAN Displays the VLAN ID assigned to the wireless client
Channel Displays the wireless channel (and channel width) that the wireless client is using
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CPE MAC 		Displays the WLAN MAC address of the customer premises equipment
User Name Displays the name of the user logged in to the wireless client
MCS Rate (Tx) (Rx) Displays the median Tx and Rx Modulation and Coding Scheme rates for both client and APs on their respective pages. These values are updated every 180 seconds (High Scale) and 90 seconds (Essentials).
Effective Data Rate Displays the real traffic transmit rate of the wireless client
Auth Method Displays the authentication method used by the AP to authenticate the wireless client
Auth Status Indicates whether the wireless client is authorized to access the WLAN service
Encryption Displays the encryption method used by the access point
Control Plane Displays the name of the SmartZone node to which the AP's control plane is connected
Packets to Displays the downlink packet count for this session
Packets from Displays the uplink packet count for this session
Packets dropped Displays the downlink packet count that has been dropped for this client
Session start time Indicates the session creation time
Parent topic: Wireless