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3e-531AP Wireless Access Point

Advanced

The Advanced page allows you to enable or disable load balancing
and to control bandwidth.
Load balancing is enabled by default. Load balancing distributes traf-
fic efficiently among network servers so that no individual server is over-
burdened. For example, the load balancing feature balances the wireless
clients between APs. If two APs with similar settings are in a conference
room, depending on the location of the APs, all wireless clients could po-
tentially associate with the same AP, leaving the other AP unused. Load
balancing attempts to evenly distribute the wireless clients on both APs.
If enabled, the Bandwidth Control function works by limiting the
maximum bandwidth a single client is allowed to have. For example, if
the total BW for the AP/WLAN is 4 Mbps and BW control is set to 500
kbps or 0.5 Mbps, the network can only serve a maximum of 0.5 mbps
per client. Even if only 1 client is on the network, a maximum of 0.5 Mbps
will be allowed that client. If, on the other hand, the BW Control is set
to a higher number (say 3 Mbps), a single client can take up to 3 Mbps
of bandwidth when it requires it while the other clients will share the
remaining bandwidth. The decision as to who gets the 3 Mbps and who
gets the remainder depends on the requirement and when the require-
ment is acknowledged. This function can be disabled, on the other hand,
and the available bandwidth will be portioned out as required. If total
bandwidth required exceeds the available bandwidth, the client last in
line will get only the remaining bandwidth available.
Once you have made any changes, click Apply to save.
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