Wired Clients

A wired client is defined as a client connected to an Instant On device that supports Ethernet switching. Wired clients are categorized based on the following scenarios:

Figure 1  Wired Client Scenarios

• Scenario 1: The Instant On device connected to the Instant On switching device will not be shown as a wired client.
• Scenario 2: The server will be shown as an edge wired client.

• Scenario 3: 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.
• Scenario 5: The wired device connected to the third-party infrastructure device will not be shown as a wired client.
• Scenario 6: 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 Client Details page provides additional information about clients in your network.

To view the Client Details page for a specific client, follow these steps:

1. Click the Clients () tile on the Instant On home page. The Clients page is displayed.
2. Click the () icon beside the client name from the Connected clients list. The Client Details page for the selected client is displayed.

Table 1: Wired Client Details Information

Parameter	Description
Client 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.
Type	Denotes the type of the wired client. The client can either be an infrastructure client or a voice client.
IP Address	IP address of the client.
MAC Address	Denotes the MAC address of the wired client.
Network	The network to which the client is connected. Clicking on the network name will take you to the Network Details page.
Duration	Displays the duration for which the client is connected to the network.
Device	The network device to which the client is connected. Clicking on the device name will take you to the Device Details page.
Port	Denotes the switch port through which the wired client is connected to the network.
Connection Health	Denotes the health status of the wired client.
Status	Represents the ratio of the number or error packets on all the packets. Good—In full duplex mode, the error rate is less than 0.1%. In half duplex mode, the error rate is less than 2%. Fair—In full duplex mode, the error rate is above 0.1%. In half duplex mode, the error rate is above 2%.
Duplex Mode	Denotes if the wired client is connected in a full duplex or half duplex mode.
Downloading	Shows the download throughput within the last 30 seconds, in bytes per second.
Uploading	Shows the upload throughput within the last 30 seconds, in bytes per second.
Transferred	Shows the total amount of data transferred during the client session, in bytes.

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:

1. Click the Clients () tile on the Instant On home page. The Clients page is displayed.
2. In the Connected clients list, hover the cursor over the wired client. A power cycle () button is displayed at the end of the row.
3. 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.

Watchlisted Clients

The client watchlist feature allows you to monitor the status of the wired or wireless clients connected to the Instant On devices. After the client is added to the watchlist (), an alert is triggered when the watched client goes offline and is cleared if the client comes back online or removed from the watchlist.

The following procedure describes how to add a client to the watchlist:

1. Click on the Clients () tile in the Instant On homepage of the web application. The Clients page is displayed.
2. Click the Connected clients tab to view the list of connected clients.
3. Hover the cursor over a wired or wireless client. A watchlist icon () is displayed at the end of the row.
4. Click watchlist (). The client is added to the Watchlisted clients() list.

The following procedure describes how to remove a client from the watchlist:

1. Click on the Clients () tile in the Instant On homepage of the web application. The Clients page is displayed.
2. Click the Watchlisted clients () tab to view the list of clients added to the watchlist.
3. Hover the cursor over a wired or wireless client. An Unwatchlist icon is displayed at the end of the row.
4. Click Unwatchlist (). The client is removed from the Watchlisted clients list.