Load Balance - TP-Link Auranet EAP115-Wall User Manual

Beacon Beacons are transmitted periodically by the device to announce the
Interval: presence of a wireless network for the clients. Beacon Interval value
determines the time interval of the beacons sent by the device. You can
specify a value from 40 to 100. The default value is 100 milliseconds.
DTIM Period: This value indicates the number of beacon intervals between successive
Delivery Traffic Indication Messages (DTIMs) and this number is included
in each Beacon frame. A DTIM is contained in Beacon frames to indicate
whether the access point has buffered broadcast and/or multicast data for
the client devices. Following a Beacon frame containing a DTIM, the
access point will release the buffered broadcast and/or multicast data, if
any exists. You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The
default value is 1, indicating the DTIM Period is the same as Beacon
Interval. An excessive DTIM period may reduce the performance of
multicast applications. It is recommended to keep it by default.
RTS When the RTS threshold is activated, all the stations and APs follow the
Threshold: Request to Send (RTS) protocol. When the station is to send packets, it will
send a RTS to AP to inform the AP that it will send data. After receiving the
RTS, the AP notices other stations in the same wireless network to delay
their transmitting of data. At the same time, the AP inform the requesting
station to send data. The value range is from 1 to 2347 bytes. The default
value is 2347, which means that RTS is disabled.
Fragmentation Specify the fragmentation threshold for packets. If the size of the packet
Threshold: is larger than the fragmentation threshold, the packet will be fragmented
into several packets. Too low fragmentation threshold may result in poor
wireless
recommended and default value is 2346 bytes.

5.1.4 Load Balance

By restricting the maximum number of clients accessing the EAPs, Load Balance helps
to achieve rational use of network resources.
Load Balance:
performance
Figure 5-9 Load Balance
Disable by default. Click ON to enable the function. After enabling it,
you can set a number for maximum associated clients to control the
wireless access.
caused by the excessive
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packets. The