Viewing Wired Client Details
The Wired Client details page provides detailed information about clients in your network. The Client details page is accessed from the Overview tab.
A wired client is defined as a client connected to an Instant On device that supports Ethernet switching. Wired clients are printers, server, switches, and infrastructure devices connected to the wired network. Wired clients are further classified into infrastructure clients. Infrastructure clients are switches and other network devices through which other wired clients are connected to the network.Wired clients are categorized based on the following scenarios:
Figure 1 Wired Client Scenarios
- Instant On device connected to the Instant On switching device will not be shown as a wired client. The
- Scenario 2: The server will be shown as an edge wired client.
VMs running on the server might report additional MAC addresses to the same Ethernet port. In such cases, each of the MAC addresses will be displayed as a wired client.
- The edge device will be shown as an edge wired client.
- Scenario 4: The third-party infrastructure device will be shown as an infrastructure wired client.
- The wired device connected to the third-party infrastructure device will not be shown as a wired client.
- The infrastructure device will be shown as an edge wired client.
- Scenario 7: The wired device will be shown as a wired client.
Wired Client Details
The
page provides additional information about clients in your network.To view the
page for a specific client, follow these steps:- Click the
) tile on the Instant On home page. The page is displayed.
( - Click the Overview tab to view the list of connected clients.
- Click the client name of the wired client from the list of connected clients.
The Wired Client page lists the following information:
- Identification
- Hardware
- Connectivity
- Connection
- Port Usage
Column Label |
Description |
---|---|
Name |
Denotes the name of the wired client. The client name can be edited and updated to a custom name of your choice. The length of the client name can be between 1 to 32 characters. Blank spaces and special characters are accepted as a valid characters in the client name. |
Health |
Displays the health status of the connected clients:
|
State |
Denotes the state of the connected client, whether Online or Offline. |
Online Since |
Displays the time since the client is connected to the network. |
MAC Address |
MAC address of the client. |
IP Address |
IP address of the client. |
Network |
The network to which the client is connected. Clicking on the network name will take you to the Network Details page. |
Device |
The network device to which the client is connected. Clicking on the device name will take you to the Device Details page. |
Port |
Displays the port to which the client is connected. |
Speed / Duplex |
Displays the speed of the port and indicates whether the client is connected in a full duplex or half duplex mode. |
Port Usage |
Displays the total amount of data uploaded and downloaded in a pie chart. |
Downloading at |
The download throughput of the device in the last 30 seconds, in bytes per second. |
Uploading at |
The upload throughput of the device in the last 30 seconds, in bytes per second. |
PoE Power Cycle
Instant On provides the ability to remotely power cycle wired clients. This option is available only for clients that are either connected to a PoE port on an Instant On router or a switch. The following procedure is used to power cycle the port of the wired client:
- Click the
) tile on the Instant On home page. The page is displayed.
( - In the
) button is displayed at the end of the row.
list, hover the cursor over the wired client. A power cycle ( - Click the (
) button to power cycle the wired client. The port will then be sequentially powered off and then be powered on. The Duration column displays a message that the client is being power cycled.
The PoE supplier should be an Instant On device.
Watchlist Client
You can also add the wireless client to the watchlist. Click the Add button next to Add Client to Watchlist. The client is added o the
list.To remove a client from the watchlist, click Remove next to Remove Client from Watchlist.
You can also block the wired client from the Client details page. Click the Add button next to Add Client to Watchlist. The client is added o the
list.