Configuration Guidelines; Configuring Qos Using The Web-Browser Interface - Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring QoS

Configuration Guidelines

Before configuring QoS on your access point, you should be aware of this information:
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Configuring QoS Using the Web-Browser Interface

This section describes configuring QoS using the web-browser interface.
For a list of IOS commands for configuring QoS using the CLI, consult the Cisco Aironet 1100 Series
Access Point Command Reference. Follow these steps to browse to the command reference:
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Follow these steps to configure QoS:
If you use VLANs on your wireless LAN, make sure the necessary VLANs are configured on your access
Step 1
point before configuring QoS.
Click Services in the task menu on the left side of any page in the web-browser interface. When the list
Step 2
of Services expands, click QoS. The QoS Policies page appears.
page.
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The most important guideline in QoS deployment is to be familiar with the traffic on your wireless
LAN. If you know the applications used by wireless client devices, the applications' sensitivity to
delay, and the amount of traffic associated with the applications, you can configure QoS to improve
performance.
QoS does not create additional bandwidth for your wireless LAN; it helps control the allocation of
bandwidth. If you have plenty of bandwidth on your wireless LAN, you might not need to configure
QoS.
Click this link to browse to the Cisco Aironet documentation home page:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wireless/index.htm
Follow this path to the product, document, and chapter:
Aironet 1100 Series Wireless LAN Products > Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Access Points >
Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Access Point Command Reference
Chapter 13 Configuring QoS
Figure 13-2 shows the QoS Policies
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