Parameter
Description
Broadcast filtering
Select any of the following values:
l
All
—When set to
All
, the IAP drops all broadcast and multicast frames except DHCP
and ARP, IGMP group queries, and IPv6 neighbor discovery protocols.
l
ARP
—When set to
ARP
, the IAP drops all broadcast and multicast frames except DHCP
and ARP, IGMP group queries, and IPv6 neighbor discovery protocols; additionally, it
converts ARP requests to unicast and send frames directly to the associated client. The
broadcast filtering option is set to
ARP
by default when an SSID profile is created.
l
Unicast-ARP-Only
—When set to
Unicast-ARP-Only
, the IAP allows all broadcast and
multicast frames as it is, however the ARP requests are converted to unicast frames
and sends them to the associated clients.
l
Disabled
—When set to
Disabled
, all broadcast and multicast traffic is forwarded to
the wireless interfaces.
Multicast
transmission
optimization
Select
Enabled
if you want the IAP to select the optimal rate for sending broadcast and
multicast frames based on the lowest of unicast rates across all associated clients. When
this option is enabled, multicast traffic can be sent at up to 24 Mbps. The default rate of
sending frames for 2.4 GHz is 1 Mbps and that for 5 GHz is 6 Mbps. This option is disabled
by default.
Dynamic multicast
optimization
Select
Enabled
to allow the IAP to convert multicast streams into unicast streams over the
wireless link. Enabling Dynamic Multicast Optimization (DMO) enhances the quality and
reliability of streaming video, while preserving the bandwidth available to the non-video
clients.
NOTE:
When you enable DMO on multicast SSID profiles, ensure that the DMO feature is
enabled on all SSIDs configured in the same VLAN.
DMO channel
utilization threshold
Specify a value to set a threshold for DMO channel utilization. With DMO, the IAP converts
multicast streams into unicast streams as long as the channel utilization does not exceed
this threshold. The default value is 90% and the maximum threshold value is 100%. When
the threshold is reached or exceeds the maximum value, the IAP sends multicast traffic
over the wireless link.
Transmit Rates
Specify the following parameters:
l
2.4 GHz
—If the 2.4 GHz band is configured on the IAP, specify the minimum and
maximum transmission rate. The default value for minimum transmission rate is 1
Mbps and maximum transmission rate is 54 Mbps.
l
5 GHz
—If the 5 GHz band is configured on the IAP, specify the minimum and maximum
transmission rate. The default value for minimum transmission rate is 6 Mbps and
maximum transmission rate is 54 Mbps.
Band
Select a value to specify the band at which the network transmits radio signals. You can set
the band to
2.4 GHz
,
5 GHz
, or
All
. The
All
option is selected by default.
Table 21:
WLAN Configuration Parameters
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