Motorola WiNG 5.7.1 System Reference Manual page 632

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The firewall maintains a facility to control packet storms. Storms are packet bombardments that exceed the high threshold
configured for an interface. During a storm, packets are throttled until the rate falls below the configured rate, severely
impacting performance for the interface. Thresholds are configured in terms of packets per second.
8. Refer to the Storm Control Settings
Traffic Type
Interface Type
Interface Name
Packets per Second
Figure 8-2 Wireless Firewall screen - Storm Control tab
field to set the following:
Use the drop-down menu to define the traffic type for which the Storm Control
configuration applies. Options include ARP, Broadcast, Multicast and Unicast.
Use the drop-down menu to define the interface for which the Storm Control configuration
is applied. Only the specified interface uses the defined filtering criteria. Options include
Ethernet, WLAN and Port Channel.
Use the drop-down menu to refine the interface selection to a specific WLAN or physical
port. This helps with threshold configuration for potentially impacted interfaces.
Select the check box to activate the spinner control used to specify the packets per second
threshold for activating the Storm Control mechanism.