Documentation forNetwork Performance Monitor

View wireless data

The Wireless Summary view consists of three tabs - Access Points, Clients, and Rogues. The tabs list monitored wireless access points (APs), clients connected to each AP, and rogue access points.

You can display the coverage of your wireless access points or the location of connected clients in a map. See Creating Wireless Heat Maps and Viewing the location of clients in wireless heat maps.

Access point details include the AP name, IP address, IPv6 address (some vendors), device type, SSID, channels used, and the number of clients currently connected.

Client details include client name, SSID, IP Address, IPv6 address (some vendors), MAC Address, Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), time connected, data rate, bytes received, and bytes transmitted.

Rogue access point details include MAC Address, SSID, and the number of channels.

The following IPv6 statistics are currently monitored only for specific vendors:

  • Connections between wireless users and access points
  • Connections between thin access points and controllers

View monitored wireless access points and clients

To view wireless access points and clients:

  1. Log in to the SolarWinds Platform Web Console.

  2. Navigate to Wireless Summary View through My Dashboards > Wireless in the Network menu.

  3. To list monitored access points, clients, or rogues, click the corresponding tab.

    To locate an access point, client, or rogue, use the filters, ordering options, or the search box in appropriate tab.

  4. To see clients currently connected to an access point, locate it in Access Points and click the clients link at the end of the access point row. Clients will be listed in the right part of the page. Expand clients to see more detail, such as SSID, MAC Address, Received or Transmitted data.

  5. To display the details view for an access point, click the access point. The node details view is specific for the selected device. See Specify views for device types.

Add multiple thin access points polled by wireless controllers as single SNMP nodes

To add multiple access points on a wireless controllers as single nodes:

  1. In the web console, go to the Wireless Controller details view and find the List of Thin Access Points widget.

  2. Click the Discover Access Points button to start discovering access points on the controller.

    In the wizard, the IP address is defined for you. If both IPv4 and IPv6 address are available, IPv6 address is used.

  3. Complete the Discovery wizard and add requested access points as single nodes.

You can also start the Discovery wizard from the Wireless Summary view (My Dashboards > NPM > Wireless) from the Access Points tab. Click  Discover Access Points, select the wireless controller, and run the Discovery wizard).

Add a single access point as a SNMP node

  1. In the web console, go to the Wireless Controller details view and find the List of Thin Access Points widget.

  2. Review records in the Managed as Node column.

    • Go to node: The access point is already monitored as a SNMP node. Click the Go to node link to switch to the Access Point Details page.

    • Manage as node: The access point is not monitored as a SNMP node. Click the link to start the Add Node wizard with pre-filled IP address.

      If both IPv4 and IPv6 address are available, IPv6 address is used.

  3. Click Manage as node and complete the Add Node wizard for wireless access points you want to add as node.

You can also add thin APs as SNMP nodes from the following places:

  • From the Wireless Thin AP view: Find the Thin Access Point Details widget and click Manage as node.

  • From the Wireless Summary view: Click Manage as node for the access point.