Verify AP Operation
Network map

From IOS, use the Network Map window to display information for any device on the wireless network . Unlike the Association screen, the Network Map window does not list wired devices on the LAN. From VxWorks, the same device information is displayed similarly .

Network Map
Choose Enable or Disable for Network Map capabilities. If Enable is selected, it is best to switch back to the Disable default before leaving the page because the time to discover the network can greatly increase the system load.

Network Map Table

  • MAC Address – The unique identifier assigned to the device by the manufacturer.
  • IP Address – The IP address of the port.
  • Device – The type of device (client, access point, bridge, and so on).
  • Name – The name given to this device.

From IOS, the Network Map>Adjacent AP List Page, all adjacent Cisco APs can be viewed . The AP Age Timeout can be optionally set. This sets the amount of time the access point will remain on the access point adjacent list before being removed for lack of activity.

In IOS CLI, use the dot11 network-map global configuration command to enable the radio network map feature. When enabled, the access point broadcasts a IAPP GenInfo Request every collection interval. This request solicits information from all Cisco access points in the same Layer 2 domain. Upon receiving a GetInfo Request, the access point sends a unicast IAPP GenInfo Response back to the requester. The access point uses these IAPP GenInfo Responses to build a network-map. The command syntax is as follows:

dot11 network-map [collect-interval]

The command example is as follows:

AP(config)#dot11 network-map 30

To display the radio network map, use the show dot11 network-map privileged EXEC command. The radio network map contains information from Cisco access points in the same Layer 2 domain as this access point.

AP#show dot11 network-map

To display a list of access points adjacent to a specific access point, use the show dot11 adjacent-ap privileged EXEC command.

AP#show dot11 adjacent-ap

Figure shows example output of an adjacent access point list. The Adjacent AP List descriptions are shown in Figure .