Clients

The Dashboard > Overview page displays the details of both wired and wireless clients connected to the managed device. Click on Wired Clients or Wireless Clients to see the detailed list.

Starting from ArubaOS 8.7.0.0, the Dashboard > Overview page displays the details of wired clients connected in bridge mode. See Figure 1 for the Clients Page.

Figure 1  Clients Page

Clicking on the icon on top right-hand corner of the table will switch between the wired and wireless clients list. The information displayed in the Role column will provide details on the following:

• User-based tunneled users
• Port-based tunneled users
• Controller wired users
• AP wired users
• VIA Virtual Intranet Access. VIA provides secure remote network connectivity for Android, Apple iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows mobile devices and laptops. It automatically scans and selects the best secure connection to the corporate network.-VPN Virtual Private Network. VPN enables secure access to a corporate network when located remotely. It enables a computer to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if it were directly connected to the private network, while benefiting from the functionality, security, and management policies of the private network. This is done by establishing a virtual point-to-point connection through the use of dedicated connections, encryption, or a combination of the two. users

Use the Customize columns option to choose the columns you want to view.

Action Bar

The Action bar displays the total number of wireless clients depending on the filters applied. The Action bar includes action buttons namely, Show/Hide table filters, Add to blacklist, and Customize columns.

You can perform the following tasks on this page:

• Show/Hide table filters — Click Show/Hide table filters icon to filter and list the wireless clients in the table that you want to view.
• Add to blacklist — Click the Add to blacklist icon to blacklist a wireless client.
• Customize columns — Click Customize columns icon to select the table columns that you want to view.

To blacklist a client manually, perform the following steps:

1. Select a client from the Wireless Clients table.
2. Click Add to blacklist icon as shown in Figure 2.

   Figure 2  Add to Blacklist Page

   

   The Add to Blacklist pop-up window is displayed.

3. In the Add to Blacklist pop-up window, click Add.

   The client is blacklisted and is listed in the Blacklisted Clients table.

Details

Expand the wireless client from the Wireless clients table to view the detailed information of individual client. See Figure 3 for the Details Page.

Figure 3  Details Page

The Wireless clients table displays the following details:

• Details — Displays detailed information about the selected wireless client.
• Signal — Displays detailed information about throughput, transferred frames, signal quality, and data speed of the wireless clients.

You can view the following information using the Show information about drop-down list.

• Throughput — Displays the transmitted or received data (bps) in the last 15 minutes.
• Transferred Frames — Displays the information about transmitted or received frames in the 2.4 GHz Gigahertz. or 5 GHz Gigahertz. band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. The transmitted or received frames information is categorized as: Successful, Retried, and Dropped.

Click Historical icon in the top right corner of the window to display transmitted or received frames in the last 15 minutes.

• Signal Quality — Displays the SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio. SNR is used for comparing the level of a desired signal with the level of background noise. (dB Decibel. Unit of measure for sound or noise and is the difference or ratio between two signal levels.) ranges of the wireless clients in the last 15 minutes.
• Data Speed — Displays the data speed (bps) of the wireless clients in the last 15 minutes.
• Traffic Analysis — Displays detailed information about active applications and destinations used by the wireless clients.

You can view the following information using the Show drop-down list.

• Top 5 Applications — Displays five applications with highest usage (bytes), in decreasing order. Click the horizontal bar or hyperlinked number to navigate to the Applications table and view the details of the wireless clients using this application.
• Top 5 Destinations — Displays five destinations with highest usage (bytes), in decreasing order. Click the horizontal bar or hyperlinked number to navigate to the Destinations table and view the details of the wireless clients using this destination.

ArubaOS now allows you to view multiple IP addresses for a particular client. Hover your mouse over the IP address of a client to view a tooltip that lists all the IP addresses (IPv4 or IPv6 address, or a combination of both) associated with the client. See Figure 4 for the IP address list.

Figure 4  Client IP Address List