Manage The Broadcast And Multicast Settings For A Radio - NETGEAR WAC505 User Manual

Insight Managed Smart Cloud Wireless Access Point WAC505 User Manual
The range is from 1 to 50. The default is 50 WiFi clients.
6. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved. The radio or radios restart and WiFi clients might need to reconnect.

Manage the Broadcast and Multicast Settings for a Radio

Because multicast and broadcast traffic can adversely affect the throughput and latency of a WiFi network,
you can change the multicast and broadcast rate limiting settings and the fixed multicast traffic transmission
rate for a radio.
By default, multicast and broadcast rate limiting is enabled to improve the overall network performance by
limiting the number of packets that are transmitted across the network. By default, the setting is 50 (the
maximum possible value), which specifies a maximum rate limit of 50 packets per second. You can lower
this number.
The multicast traffic transmission rate for the radio is 54 Mbps (the maximum possible value). You can
specify a lower transmission rate.
To manage the broadcast and multicast settings 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. To change the multicast and broadcast rate limiting settings for a radio, under Broadcast/Multicast Rate
Limiting, take one of the following actions in:
• To change the rate limiting setting, move the slider. By default, the setting is 50 (the maximum
possible value), which specifies a maximum rate limit of 50 packets per second.
• To disable or enable multicast and broadcast rate limiting, clear or select the small check box.
6. To change the multicast traffic transmission rate for a radio, from the Fixed Multicast Rate menu, select
a transmission rate.
The default is 54 Mbps (the maximum possible value). You can also select Auto and let the access
point automatically adjust the multicast traffic transmission rate.
7. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved. The radio or radios restart and WiFi clients might need to reconnect.
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