SolarWinds- Network Performance Monitor

  SOLARWINDS WI-FI MONITORING NETWORK PERFORMANCE MONITOR  

FEATURES

• Wi-Fi Device & Signal Monitoring

• NPM not only monitors wired infrastructure but also tracks wireless devices (access points, wireless controllers, stations) by IP address, SSID, channel, signal strength, and associated client count.

• Wireless Heat Map Visualization

• Using Network Atlas or Orion maps, you can generate heat maps over floor plans to visualize wireless signal coverage. Supports “walking” and “sitting” sample modes to pinpoint weak spots.

• Multi-Vendor Wireless Support

• NPM supports wireless network gear from Cisco, Meraki, Aruba, Juniper, Ruckus, Extreme, and others—allowing integration of wireless monitoring in multi-vendor environments.

• Alerts & Thresholds on Wireless Metrics

• You can set thresholds and alerts for wireless conditions (e.g. weak signal, channel overlap) just like on a switch or router, allowing proactive issue detection.

• Unified Monitoring Dashboard

• Wireless and wired metrics appear together in dashboards and topology views, enabling correlation of wireless issues with wired infrastructure performance.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Supported protocols: SNMP (v1/v2/v3), WMI, ICMP, API/REST where applicable.

• Device/element scaling: Designed to support large networks (example: up to “one million elements” under proper licensing) per datasheet.

• Wireless monitoring: Updates WiFi maps every ~5 minutes for wireless device performance and coverage.

• Deployment: On-premises or hybrid, web based console; works with Microsoft SQL backend for large data retention.

• Dashboards & visualization: Customisable dashboards, drag-drop widgets, topology maps and path views.

• Alert delivery methods: Supports email, SMS, SNMP traps, external program launch & custom actions.

• Reporting: Historical and real-time data; scheduled reports in PDF/CSV; capacity forecasting.

• Wireless device monitoring capability: Includes wireless client monitoring, access point stats integrated into NPM.

• License model: Sensor/element-based licensing (number of nodes/interfaces/volumes) with tiers.

  SOLARWINDS WI-FI MONITORING TRAFFIC  

FEATURES

• Analyze Traffic Patterns on Wi-Fi Routers & Controllers

• SolarWinds NTA (NetFlow Traffic Analyzer) lets you monitor traffic through Wi-Fi routers or wireless LAN controllers. You can see which endpoints or applications are consuming the most bandwidth on your wireless segments.

• Identify Top Talkers & Applications

• You can drill down to see which devices, IPs, and application protocols are using the most Wi-Fi bandwidth. Helps spot bottlenecks or “hogging” traffic.

• Full Wi-Fi Infrastructure Visibility

• Includes wireless access points, controllers, and client devices in the monitoring scope—letting you manage them alongside wired devices.

• Customizable Dashboards & Reports

• Provides a Wi-Fi traffic dashboard with top-10 views and other widgets; supports historical reporting, trend analysis, and alerts.

• Traffic Drill-Down & Filtering

• Allows filtering by source/destination IP, application, protocol, and grouping of IP ranges to focus on specific Wi-Fi traffic segments.

• Alerts & Thresholds

• You can define thresholds to trigger alerts when Wi-Fi interface usage exceeds set limits, or when particular devices or apps cross usage thresholds.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Monitored Protocols: NetFlow, IPFIX, J-Flow, sFlow (for Wi-Fi traffic via router/ACL exports)

• Visualization: Wi-Fi traffic dashboard, top talkers lists, usage graphs, historical charts

• Device Types Covered: Wireless access points, wireless LAN controllers, connected clients

• Interface Mapping: Ability to map flow interface IDs to SNMP interface IDs for better correlation

• Heat Maps / Coverage Views: NPM includes heat map visualizations based on AP/SSID/client data and updates regularly (every ~5 minutes)

• Polling & Refresh Rate: Topology, device discovery, and performance polling refresh intervals built into the system (default ~5 minutes for some wireless metrics)

• Historical Data Retention & Reporting: Retains usage data for trend analysis, capacity planning, and detailed reporting over time.