Set Bandwidth Rate Limits For A Wifi Network - NETGEAR WAC505 User Manual

Insight Managed Smart Cloud Wireless Access Point WAC505 User Manual
To select a MAC ACL for a WiFi network:
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 password is the one that you specified the first time that you
logged in. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
4. Select Management > Configuration > Wireless > Basic.
The page that lets you select an SSID displays.
5. Select the SSID.
The WLAN settings for the SSID display.
6. Select the MAC ACL check box.
7. Do one of the following:
• Select the Local MAC ACL radio button, and from the Select Group menu, select the MAC ACL
that you defined earlier (see
• Select the Radius MAC ACL radio button.
This option functions only if you set up a RADIUS server (see
80).
8. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved. Only WiFi devices for which the MAC address is on the MAC ACL can connect
to the access point through this SSID. (These devices might be able to connect to the access point
through another SSID if you did not set up MAC ACL security for that SSID.)

Set Bandwidth Rate Limits for a WiFi Network

You can set rate limits for the upload and download bandwidths for devices that are connected to a WiFi
network. The minimum bandwidth rate is 64 Kbps, the maximum bandwidth rate is 1024 Mbps. You can set
one rate for the upload bandwidth and another rate for the download bandwidth.
To set bandwidth rate limits for devices that are connected to a WiFi network:
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 password is the one that you specified the first time that you
logged in. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
Manage Local MAC Access Control Lists
Manage the Basic WiFi and Radio Features
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on page 69).
Set Up RADIUS Servers on page