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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 one client is on the network, a maximum of 0.5
Mbps will be allowed. 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 while the other clients will share the remain-
ing bandwidth. The decision as to who gets the 3 Mbps and who gets the
remainder depends on the requirement and when the requirement is ac-
knowledged. This function can be disabled 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.
Services Settings
DHCP Server
This page allows configuration of the DHCP server function accessible
from the Local LAN port. The default factory setting for the DHCP server
function is enabled. You can disable the DHCP server function, if you
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