Successful connects metrics for monitoring and control of wireless or wired networks

A method comprising:

• based on an initial network connection session event determined from network data associated with a given client device of a plurality of client devices at a site, initiating a stateful machine for the given client device configured to continuously monitor states of a connection session for the given client device based on event data determined from the network data associated with the given client device, wherein the states of the connection session include at least one pre-connection state indicative of whether the given client device is able to connect to the connection session and at least one post-connection state indicative of whether the given client device is able to remain connected to the connection session, wherein the plurality of client devices includes one of wired client devices at the site with access to a wired network or wireless client devices connected to one or more access point (AP) devices to access a network provided by the AP devices at the site;
• determining, based on a plurality of stateful machines for the plurality of client devices at the site, one or more network connection assessments for the plurality of client devices at the site, wherein the one or more network connection assessments include information indicative of a success or failure of the given client device to connect to the network for the connection session and information indicative of a success or failure of the given client device to remain connected to the network for the connection session;
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• based on determining at least one failure from the network connection assessments for the plurality of client devices at the site, outputting a notification including identification of a root cause of the failure.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed, configure processing circuitry to:

• based on an initial network connection session event determined from network data associated with a given client device of a plurality of client devices at a site, initiate a stateful machine for the given client device configured to continuously monitor states of a connection session for the given client device based on event data determined from the network data associated with the given client device, wherein the states of the connection session include at least one pre-connection state indicative of whether the given client device is able to connect to the connection session and at least one post-connection state indicative of whether the given client device is able to remain connected to the connection session, wherein the plurality of client devices includes one of wired client devices at the site with access to a wired network or wireless client devices connected to one or more access point (AP) devices to access a network provided by the AP devices at the site;
• determine based on a plurality of stateful machines for the plurality of client devices at the site, one or more network connection assessments for the plurality of client devices at the site, wherein the one or more network connection assessments include information indicative of a success or failure of the given client device to connect to the network for the connection session and information indicative of a success or failure of the given client device to remain connected to the network for the connection session;
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• based on determining at least one failure from the network connection assessments for the plurality of client devices at the site, output a notification including identification of a root cause of the failure.