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Clients by radio type – Brocade Mobility Access Point System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) User Manual

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Dashboard - Inventory tab - Wireless Clients field

Information within the Wireless Clients field is presented in two tables. The first table lists the total
number of wireless clients managed by this access point. The second table lists an ordered ranking
of radios based on their supported client count. Use this information to assess if an access point
managed radio is optimally deployed in respect to its radio type and intended client support
requirements.

NOTE

Brocade Mobility 1220 Access Point, Brocade Mobility 1220 Access PointM, Brocade Mobility 1240
Access Point, and Brocade Mobility 7131 Access Points can support up to 256 client connections to
a single access point. Brocade Mobility 6511 Access Point (both single radio models) can support
up to 128 client connections per access point.

Clients by Radio Type

Inventory

The Clients by Radio Type field displays a bar graph illustrating the number of connected clients
currently operating on supported radio bands.

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Dashboard - Inventory tab - Clients by Radio Type field

For 5.0 GHz, clients are displayed supporting the 802.11a and 802.11an radio bands. For 2.4 GHz,
clients are displayed supporting the 802.11b, 802.11bg, and 802.11bgn radio bands. Use this
information to determine if all the access point’s client radio bands are optimally supported for the
access point’s radio coverage area.