Manage Load Balancing For The Radios - NETGEAR WAX638E User Manual

Insight Managed WiFi 6E AXE7800 Tri-band Multi-Gig Access Point Model WAX638E
• To disable or enable multicast and broadcast rate limiting, clear or select the
small check box.
6. Click the Apply button.
A warning pop-up window displays.
7. Click the OK button.
The pop-up window closes and your settings are saved. The radio or radios restart
and WiFi clients might need to reconnect.

Manage load balancing for the radios

You can configure the radio utilization thresholds to enable each radio to maintain the
speed and performance of the WiFi network as clients associate with and disassociate
from the WiFi network.
If you enable load balancing, client associations depend on the maximum number of
clients per radio, the channel load per radio, and each client's Received Signal Strength
Indicator (RSSI). New client associations are allowed if a radio's utilization remains within
the defined load balancing settings. If a radio's utilization exceeds the defined load
balancing settings, new client associations are temporary halted until the radio's
utilization falls within the defined load balancing settings.
Note: The Dashboard page can show information about the client and traffic distribution
per radio as well as the client, traffic, and channel utilization for each radio (see Display
client distribution, connected clients, and client trends on page 188 and View WiFi and
Ethernet traffic, traffic and ARP statistics, and channel utilization on page 192).
By default, all of the following types of load balancing are enabled with their default
settings:
• Load balancing based on the maximum number of clients: The access point
allows client associations up to the specified maximum number of clients. After the
maximum number is exceeded, new clients are rejected. Even though this is a global
setting, it is implemented per radio.
• Load balancing based on the channel load: The access point allows client
associations up to the defined maximum channel utilization. After the maximum
channel utilization is exceeded, new clients are rejected. Even though this is a global
setting, it is implemented per radio.
Note: If a client is rejected but persistently tries to associate with the access point,
the access point grants access to that client.
Manage the Advanced Radio
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