Viewing the FortiAP status

The status view provides vital information about the FortiAP health. It organizes data in various tabs with configuration and operational status of the FortiAP and its radios. Information is classified into charts and lists.

Procedure steps

1. In the Menu bar, click Access Points.
2. In the Navigation pane, click Status View.
3. Click on an access point to view its status.

Summary

This tab displays the FortiAP and wireless client summary, by default, data for the last 12 hours is displayed. You can filter information for specific SSIDs; the client count affected by connection issues and the Association, Authentication, DHCP, and DNS failures are listed. The graphs display the FortiAP aggregate throughput (uplink and downlink) and the client count for the selected duration. Wireless information such as the client count with good and low RSSI values and clients per SSID are also displayed.

AP

This tab displays the aggregate data usage (uplink and downlink), the FortiAP uptime, Platform profile details, and radio configuration (overridden parameters are highlighted).

You can perform the actions on the FortiAP.

• Reboot
• Upgrade
• Deactivate
• Undeploy
• LED blinking
• Configuration edit

Logs

This tab displays the following logs associated with the FortiAP.

• Wireless Logs
• Antivirus Logs
• Application control Logs
• Botnet Logs
• IPS Logs
• Web Access Logs

You can set the duration to view FortiAP logs, by default, logs are displayed for the last 12 hours. The donut charts display the number of logs based on their severity; High, Medium, Low, and Info.

Note: The FortiAP must have a UTP license to access all logs except Wireless Logs.

Radio

This tab displays wireless statistics and the list of wireless clients. You can select any one of the 3 radios to view the associated details. The charts display the client count with good and low RSSI values, interfering and non-interfering APs’ count, throughput (Mbps), interfering APs’ BSSIDs, and the channel utilization.

Neighbour APs

This tab displays any neighboring APs detected by this FortiAP and visualizes data on the basis of signal strength and vendor. Click on the displayed data to view the devices and other associated details.

BLE

This tab displays devices detected over BLE with associated details such as the configured UUID, Major ID, and the device manufacturer. Click on the displayed data to view the devices and other details.

LAN

This tab displays the RADIUS and VLAN request status.

Tools

This tab displays the functionalities/utilities that you can run on the FortiAP. These are available in Edit View > Tools.