Manage Load Balancing For The Radios - NETGEAR WAC510 User Manual

3. Enter the access point user name and password.
The default user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password
are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
4. Select Management > Configuration > Wireless > Advanced.
The Wireless Settings page displays.
5. To change the multicast and broadcast rate limiting settings for a radio, under Broadcast/Multicast Rate
Limiting, take one of the following actions in:
• To change the rate limiting setting, move the slider. By default, the setting is 50 (the maximum
possible value), which specifies a maximum rate limit of 50 packets per second.
• To disable or enable multicast and broadcast rate limiting, clear or select the small check box.
6. To change the multicast traffic transmission rate for a radio, from the Fixed Multicast Rate menu, select
a transmission rate.
The default is 54 Mbps (the maximum possible value). You can also select Auto and let the access
point automatically adjust the multicast traffic transmission rate.
7. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved. The radio or radios restart and WiFi clients might need to reconnect.

Manage Load Balancing for the Radios

You can configure the radio utilization thresholds to enable both radios to maintain the speed and performance
of the WiFi network as clients associate with and disassociate from the WiFi network.
Client associations depend on the percentage of network bandwidth utilization that you specify and the
WLAN utilization for each radio, which you can view in the Current Trend pane on the Dashboard page.
New client associations are allowed if a radio's WLAN utilization is less than the percentage of network
bandwidth utilization for the radio. New client associations are not allowed if a radio's WLAN utilization
exceeds the percentage of network bandwidth utilization for the radio.
To manage load balancing for the radios:
1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection.
2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the access point user name and password.
The default user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password
are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
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