Manage The Maximum Number Of Clients For A Radio - NETGEAR WAC505 User Manual

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Setting
DTIM Interval (1-255)
MU-MIMO
6. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved. The radio or radios restart and WiFi clients might need to reconnect.

Manage the Maximum Number of Clients for a Radio

The number of clients that are allowed to associate with a radio affects the reliability and throughput of the
WiFi connection. A smaller number can increase the reliability and throughput and a large number can
decrease the reliability and throughput.
By default, a radio allows up to 50 client associations. You can specify a higher or lower number of clients.
If the number of associated clients exceeds the specified number, the radio rejects new client associations
until the number drops below the specified number.
To manage the maximum number of clients for a radio:
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 > Advanced.
The Wireless Settings page displays.
5. In the Max.Wireless Clients field, enter the maximum number of WiFi clients that can simultaneously
associate with the radio.
Description
Move the slider to specify the delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) interval or the
data beacon rate, which indicates the beacon delivery traffic indication message period
in multiples of beacon intervals. This value must be between 1 and 255. The default is
1.
Select the MU-MIMO Enable radio button to enable multiuser MIMO (MU-MIMO). By
default, the MU-MIMO Disable radio button is selected and MU-MIMO is disabled.
802.11ac Wave 2 supports MU-MIMO, which enables multiple users to receive data from
the access point simultaneously using the same channel. With MU-MIMO, the access
point can transmit to multiple clients simultaneously using the same channel. MU-MIMO
is used in the downstream direction and requires both the access point and the WiFi
clients to be capable of 802.11ac Wave 2.
You can enable or disable MU-MIMO for the 5 GHz radio but not for the 2.4 GHz radio.
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