The Wireless Client
Troubleshooting page provides history of the event and troubleshooting
information of the selected client.
Compete the following steps to view the
Wireless Client Troubleshooting page:
On the Navigation bar,
click Clients > Wireless > Wireless Clients
List. The Wireless Clients List page is
displayed.
Click Hostname
attribute of the selected client. The Wireless Client
Troubleshooting and Reports page is displayed. By default, the
Wireless Troubleshooting page is displayed.
The Wireless Client
Troubleshooting page has the following components:
Connection Events tile
Roaming tile
Connection Quality tile
Network Incidents tile
History tile
The data displayed is for the selected
time period in the Date and Time filter. You can use the search
field to filter the troubleshooting information based on the search criteria, such as
categories, types, and radio bands.
The Date and Time filter
are displayed in the upper-right corner of the Content panel. This
option controls the elements displayed within the Content Panel. To
modify this option, refer to Content Panel.
Connection Events Tile
The Connection Events
tile displays the connection status of the client on the particular WLAN for a
specific AP for the selected time period in the Date and Time
filter. The connection events are classified as success, failure, slow, and
disconnect. These events are grouped under the Connection
Events main header and indicated with the + icon. Click
+ icon to
expand the group. The count of each connection event is displayed beside their name,
along with a graph. Pausing the pointer over the graph displays an information box
with the details of the selected events at that time and date. The connection events
are identified with the following colors:
Green:
Successful connection. Pause the pointer over the green dots to view more
information such as the AP MAC address, AP name, SSID and Radio.
Red: Failed
connection. You can also click the red circle to view the time of the
failure scenario (for example, whether the failure occurred during the EAP
request, DHCP discovery, and so on). Pausing the pointer over the circle
provides a quick snapshot of information such as the exact time of failure,
the type of failure, the client IP address, connection diagram analyzing the
point of failure and so on. The failed path is denoted by a red arrow, as
shown in the figure.
Yellow: Slow
(long time to connect to connection).
Gray:
Disconnected.
Roaming Tile
The Roaming tile displays
the connection events and detailed metrics of the client when it roams between
multiple APs for the selected time period in the Date and Time
filter. The count of connection event is displayed, along with a graph. Pausing the
pointer over the graph displays an information box with the details of the events at
that time and date. These details help in troubleshooting issues that arise when
clients roam from one AP to another. A roaming event is identified with the
following colors:
Green:
Successful roam.
Red: Failed
connection.
Yellow: Slow (long time to connect to connection).
Gray: Disconnected.
Connection Quality Tile
The Connection Quality
tile displays the quality of the service the client experiences throughout the
network for the selected time period in the Date and Time
filter. The connection quality is classified as RSS, SNR, client throughput, and
average MCS downlink. These connection qualities are grouped under the
Connection Quality main header and indicated with the
+ icon.
Click + icon
to expand the group. A graph is displayed beside their name, pausing the pointer
over the graph displays an information box with the details of the connection
qualities at that time and date. The connection quality is identified with the
following colors:
Green:
Good
Red: Poor
Yellow:
Average
Network Incidents Tile
The Network Incidents
tile displays any incidents that affected the client for the selected time period in
the Date and Time filter. The incidents are classified as
client connection, performance, and infrastructure. These connection qualities are
grouped under the Network
Incidents main header and indicated with the + icon. Click
+ icon to
expand the group. The count of each incident is displayed beside their name, along
with a graph. Pausing the pointer over the graph displays an information box with
the details of the selected incidents at that time and date. The incidents are
identified with the following colors and severities:
Red: P1
Dark Orange:
P2
Orange: P3
Yellow: P4
History Tile
The History tile displays
the history of events that occurred for this client, along with the severity, date
and time of the events, event status, and failure events PCAP report. The data
displayed is for the selected time period in the Date and Time
filter. It shows the client connected and disconnected events, the network
incidents, and so on. Clicking on any network incident in the
History tile directs you to the Incident Details page. For more information on the Incident Details page, refer to Incident Details.
Based on the client access permissions set in
the resource group, the client is only able to view the data for APs for which
access permissions are granted. If the client roams to an AP for which access
permissions are not granted, the AP data is not available to view, even though the
connection between the client and the AP (roamed to) is established.
Packet Capture (PCAP)
Note: PCAPs will be available in RUCKUS AI for associated Smartzone release 6.1.2 and
later.
This is a collection of packets
generated for all failure events with respect to the specific client. This allows
the clients admins to inspect network packets and troubleshoot the issues. All PCAP
reports will be stored for three months before they are deleted.
Complete the following steps to
download the PCAP packets:
On the Navigation bar, click Clients > Wireless > Clients List. The Clients List page is
displayed.
Click Hostname attribute of the selected client. The
Client Troubleshooting page is
displayed.
In the History tile, click failure event (red circle).
The Connection Event Details dialog box is
displayed.
Click Download
.pcap icon to download the zip file.