Vlan Workgroups And Traffic Management - Avaya AP-3 User Manual

VLAN Workgroups and Traffic Management

Traditional, dual-slot access point devices that are not VLAN-capable
typically transmit broadcast and multicast traffic to all wireless Network
Interface Cards (NICs). This process
• wastes wireless bandwidth and
• degrades throughput performance.
In comparison, the dual-slot, VLAN-capable AP-3 device is designed to
efficiently manage delivery of broadcast, multicast, and unicast traffic to
wireless clients.
The AP-3 device assigns clients to one of two VLANs designated by a
network name. First, each one of the wireless NICs in the AP-3 device is
configured with a unique network name and an 802.1Q-compliant VLAN
identifier. Each NIC represents a VLAN.
Each network client is then assigned one of the two wireless NIC network
names. The AP-3 device matches packets transmitted or received to a
network name with the associated VLAN. Traffic received by a VLAN is
only sent on the wireless NIC associated with that same VLAN. This
eliminates unnecessary traffic on the wireless LAN, conserving
bandwidth and maximizing throughput.
Avaya Wireless AP-3 User's Guide
VLAN Support
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