A method for providing current performance and usage information and historical performance and usage information about one or more of a wireless local area network, hereinafter referred to as WLAN, and a plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN to a device, comprising: receiving at an agent executing on at least one of the plurality of devices, input from the device to select one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN for which to report the current performance and usage information and the historical performance and usage information to the device, including issuing from the agent a request to a server, coupled in communication with the agent and the WLAN, to provide the historical performance and usage information for the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN; retrieving, responsive to the request, at the agent the historical performance and usage information for the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN; issuing from the agent a second request to the server coupled in communication with the agent to provide the current performance and usage information for the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN; retrieving, responsive to the second request, at the agent the current performance and usage information from the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN; and transmitting from the agent, for presentation in a graphical user interface, hereinafter referred to as GUI, on a display screen of the device, the current performance and usage information and the historical performance and usage information for the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN. receiving at an agent executing on at least one of the plurality of devices, input from the device to select one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN for which to report the current performance and usage information and the historical performance and usage information to the device, including issuing from the agent a request to a server, coupled in communication with the agent and the WLAN, to provide the historical performance and usage information for the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN; retrieving, responsive to the request, at the agent the historical performance and usage information for the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN; issuing from the agent a second request to the server coupled in communication with the agent to provide the current performance and usage information for the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN; retrieving, responsive to the second request, at the agent the current performance and usage information from the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN; and transmitting from the agent, for presentation in a graphical user interface, hereinafter referred to as GUI, on a display screen of the device, the current performance and usage information and the historical performance and usage information for the selected one or more of the WLAN and the plurality of devices coupled to the WLAN. <EOS>