Users Guide
Figure 39 - Adding a Guest Network— WLAN Settings Tab
1. In the Networks tab, click the New link. The WLAN Settings window appears.
2. In the WLAN Settings tab, perform the following steps:
a. Name (SSID)— Enter a name that uniquely identifies a wireless network.
b. Primary usage— Select Guest from the Primary usage options. This selection determines
whether the network is primarily intended to be used for employee data, guest data, or
voice traffic.
3. Click the Show advanced options link and perform the following steps.
a. Broadcast/Multicast
l Broadcast filtering— When set to All, the W-IAP drops all broadcast and multicast
frames except for DHCP and ARP. When set to ARP, in addition to the above, theW-
IAP converts ARP requests to unicast and send frames directly to the associated client.
When Disabled, all broadcast and multicast traffic is forwarded.
l DTIM interval— Indicates the DTIM (delivery traffic indication message) period in
beacons. You can configure this option for every WLAN SSID profile. The default
value is 1, which means the client checks for buffered data on the W-IAP at every
beacon. You may choose to configure a larger DTIM value for power saving.
l Multicast transmission optimization— When Enabled, the W-IAP chooses the
optimal rate for sending broadcast and multicast frames based on the lowest of unicast
rates across all associated clients. The default values are 1 Mbps for 2.4 GHz and 6
Mbps for 5.0 GHz bands. Multicast traffic can be sent at up to 24 Mbps when this
option is enabled. This option is disabled by default.
l Dynamic multicast optimization— When Enabled, the W-IAP converts multicast
streams into unicast streams over the wireless link. DMO enhances the quality and
reliability of streaming video, while preserving the bandwidth available to non-video
clients.
l DMO channel utilization threshold— When dynamic multicast optimization is
enabled, the W-IAP converts multicast streams into multicast 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%.
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