Configuring Client Load Balancing - Motorola WiNG 5.6 Reference Manual

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6.1.7 Configuring Client Load Balancing

Wireless LANs
Client load balance settings can be defined generically for both the 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz bands, and specifically for either of
the 2.4 GHz or 5.0 GHz bands.
To configure client load balancing settings on an access point managed WLAN:
1. Select the Configuration
2. Select Wireless.
3. Select Wireless LANs
4. Select the Add
5. Select Client Load
6. Set the following
Enforce Client Load
Balancing
Band Discovery Interval
Capability Ageout Time
tab from the Web UI.
to display a high level display of existing WLANs.
button to create an additional WLAN, or
Balancing.
Figure 6-17 WLAN - Client Load Balancing screen
Load Balance Settings generic to both the 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz bands:
Select this radio button to enforce a client load balance distribution on this WLAN. This
setting is disabled by default.
Loads are balanced by ignoring association and probe requests. Probes and association
requests are not responded to, forcing a client to associate with another access point.
Define a value in either Seconds (0 - 10,000), Minutes (0 -166) or Hours (0 -2) the access
point uses to discover a client's band capabilities before associating. The default is 10
seconds.
Define a value in either Seconds (0 - 10,000), Minutes (0 -166) or Hours (0 -2) to ageout a
client's capabilities from the access point's internal table. The default is 1 hour.
Edit to modify the properties of an existing WLAN.