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Usage insight

Usage insight shows you a consolidated view of all user traffic on your AP6 or APX access points over a one-day or one-week period.

Note

Usage insight is turned off by default. To turn it on, see the following pages:

Click AP6 or APX to see data for your AP6 or APX access points.

If you've turned on usage insight for your access points, you can see the following graphs:

  • Top 5 Access Points: Shows a bar graph of the access points generating the most traffic.
  • Top 5 SSIDs: Shows a bar graph of the SSIDs generating the most traffic.
  • Top 5 Clients: Shows a bar graph of the clients generating the most traffic.

You can hover over a bar in any of the graphs to see the name of the access point, SSID, or client, and the amount of traffic it generated.

Categories and details

Categories and details shows a paginated list of all traffic categories from your devices, ranked by total bandwidth. You can see the total bandwidth, download, and upload statistics for categories such as search engines, social media, advertisements, video hosting, and internal traffic.

You can expand a category to see a list of the top domains or IP addresses and the total bandwidth, download, and upload statistics for each.

Category Details

Category Details shows a bar graph of the traffic categories from the Categories and details list. You can hover over a bar to see the name and traffic generated by that category.

Uncategorized traffic

Uncategorized traffic shows a paginated list of all uncategorized traffic, ranked by total bandwidth. You can select whether you want a Port-based or Domain-based list. You can see the total bandwidth, download, and upload statistics for all uncategorized ports, domains, or IP addresses.

Uncategorized traffic details

Uncategorized traffic details shows a bar graph of the ports or domains from the Uncategorized traffic list. You can hover over a bar to see the name and traffic generated by that port, domain, or IP address.