Table Of Contents

Using the Association Table

Overview

Using the Association Menu

Displaying the Association Table (Display)

Association Table Options

Specifying How Node Addresses are Displayed (Niddisp)

Using the Association Table

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This chapter describes the procedures for setting up and viewing the association table for the bridge.

Here's what you'll find in this chapter:

•Overview

•Using the Association Menu

•Displaying the Association Table (Display)

•Specifying How Node Addresses are Displayed (Niddisp)

Overview

Data in the association table keeps track of the bridge's network status. The association table identifies the parent device and the clients for which the bridge is passing data. Table data includes address, device, association type, and ASCII name.

Using the Association Menu

The Association menu contains options that allow you to view the table entries.

Navigation: Choose Main > Association

Displaying the Association Table (Display)

Use the Display option to view the association table entries. Select display to enter the type of entries to be displayed.

Navigation: Choose Main > Association > Display

The typical hierarchy display looks similar to this screen:

Association Table Options

You can choose from the following association table options:

•All: displays all entries in the table.

•Connected: displays only nodes that are actively connected to the bridge.

•Radio-only: displays only radio nodes that are in the association table.

•Hierarchy: displays a special shortened display that shows the association tree with children indented from their parents.

Specifying How Node Addresses are Displayed (Niddisp)

The Niddisp option specifies the node address display style on the Association Display menu. The bridge has the ability to display node addresses as follows:

•If you specify numeric, the addresses are displayed entirely in numeric form (default).

•If you specify name, the Organizational Unique Identifier (OUI) portion of the address (the first three bytes) is examined to see if it is one of the known types. If it is in the list, the first three bytes are replaced by the name of the company that owns the OUI. Otherwise, the numeric value is displayed. For example, the address of a SUN workstation could be displayed as either 080020ladecc or Sun-ladecc.

Entries into this option also control other screens that display node IDs.