Band Steering - TP-Link Auranet User Manual

other clients with higher transmission rates have to wait. So the
bandwidth resource is not fully used.
With this option enabled, the CAP will allocate different transmission time
for clients according to their transmission rates. The clients with higher
transmission rates will transfer data more efficiently, thus improving the
total data throughput of the CAP.
Beacon Beacons are transmitted periodically by the device to announce the
Interval: presence of a wireless network for the clients.
Enter a time interval between 40 and 1000 in milliseconds to determine
the duration between beacon packets that are transmitted periodically by
the device to synchronize the wireless network. The default is 100
milliseconds.
Maximum Specify the maximum users that allowed to connect to the CAP.
Users:
Forbid stations Enable or disable the access rules.
with a signal
Set the minimum signal strength for a new client to be allowed to access
strength lower
the network. Values from -95 to 0 dBm are valid. The default value is -75
than ( ) dBm
dBm. It is recommended the maximum number is less than -40 dBm.
from accessing
When clients attempt to connect to the AP with lower signal strength than
the AP:
the threshold value (for example due to obstacles or long distances), they
will be denied access to the AP.
Discard Enable or disable the discard rules.
stations with a
Set the minimum signal strength in which the AP will discard a connected
signal strength
client. Values from -95 to 0 dBm are valid. The default value is -75dBm. It
lower than ( )
is recommended the maximum number is less than -40 dBm. When the
dBm:
signal strength of the connected client is lower than the threshold value
(for example due to obstacles or long distances), the client will be
discarded by the AP.

Band Steering

There are clients that only support the 2.4GHz band and clients that support dual band
in a wireless network. If all the clients connect to the 2.4GHz band, the 2.4GHz band will
become very congested, reducing the network performance. With band steering
enabled, the AP would steer the dual band clients to connect to the 5GHz first, which
would balance the band connections.
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