Proxim RangeLAN2 7500 User Manual page 47

The PROTOCOL TYPE FILTERS prevent traffic of a particu-
lar protocol type from being forwarded from Ethernet to
RangeLAN2. When "Other Types" is checked, all types other
than those listed will be filtered out. DO NOT filter out the types
of packets you know RangeLAN2 nodes will need to receive.
For example, if you use TCP/IP as a protocol on your network,
do not filter IP/ARP traffic. If you have Macintosh computers on
your Ethernet network that send AppleTalk traffic only to each
other, you may want to filter those packets from RangeLAN2
stations.
The ARP FILTER enables IP ARP broadcast filtering. When
this filter is enabled, ARP broadcasts will be forwarded from
Ethernet to RangeLAN2 only if the destination IP address is on
the IP network defined by the IP Network Address and Subnet
Mask fields.
BROADCAST BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION allows you to
specify the maximum percentage of broadcast packets that will be
sent from the Ethernet network to the wireless clients. There
may be cases when you want to limit broadcast traffic. For
example, if you know there are more broadcast packets than the
1.6 Mbps speed of the RangeLAN2 interface can handle, you
might want to limit the broadcasts. As another example, to
prioritize directed packets, you might want to free some of the
buffers used for broadcast packets by setting this limit.
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