Storm Threshold Filters - Proxim ORiNOCO AP-800 Installation And Management Manual

: The maximum number of TCP/UDP Port Filters that can be added are 64.

3.8.5 Storm Threshold Filters

The Storm Threshold Filter restricts the excessive inbound multicast or broadcast traffic on layer two interfaces. This protects
against broadcast storms resulting from spanning tree mis-configuration. A broadcast/multicast filtering mechanism needs to
be enabled so that a large percentage of the wireless link remains available to the connected mobile terminals.
To configure Storm Threshold Filter, do the following:
1. Navigate to CONFIGURATION > Filters > Storm Threshold Filters. The Storm Threshold Filters screen appears.
2. Configure the following parameters:
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Interface: Specifies a read - only parameter that represents the type of interface on which filtering has to be
applied. The Storm Threshold filter can be used to filter the traffic on two types of interfaces, namely, Ethernet or
Wireless. By default, Storm Threshold filtering is disabled on both ethernet and wireless interfaces.
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Multicast Threshold: Specifies the threshold value of the multicast packets to be processed for the ethernet or
wireless interface. Packets more than threshold value are dropped. If threshold value for multicast packets is set to
'0', filtering is disabled. The default Multicast Threshold value is 0 per second. To configure, enter a value
ranging from 0 to 65536.
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Broadcast Threshold: Specifies the threshold value of the broadcast packets to be processed for the ethernet or
wireless interface. Packets more than threshold value are dropped. If threshold value for broadcast packets is set to
'0', filtering is disabled. The default Broadcast Threshold value is 0 per second. To configure, enter a value
ranging from 0 to 65536.
3. Click OK, to save the configured parameters.
: Wireless 2 parameters of Storm Threshold Filters are applicable only to AP-8000.
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Figure 3-46 Storm Threshold Filters
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