Wireless
Modifying Advanced Settings
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Cisco AP541N Dual-band Single-radio Access Point Quick Start Guide
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Rate Sets
Check the transmission rate sets you want the access point
to support and the basic rate sets you want the access point
to advertise:
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Rate is expressed in megabits per second.
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Supported indicates rates that the access point
supports. You can check multiple rates (click a check
box to select or de-select a rate). The access point
automatically chooses the most efficient rate based
on factors like error rates and distance of client
stations from the access point.
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Basic indicates rates that the access point will
advertise to the network for the purposes of setting up
communication with other access points and client
stations on the network. It is generally more efficient to
have an access point broadcast a subset of its
supported rate sets.
Broadcast/
Multicast Rate
Limiting
Enabling multicast and broadcast rate limiting can improve
overall network performance by limiting the number of
packets transmitted across the network.
By default the
Multicast/Broadcast Rate Limiting
option is
enabled. When
Multicast/Broadcast Rate Limiting
is
disabled, the Rate Limit and Rate Limit Burst fields cannot be
modified.
Rate Limit
Enter the rate limit you want to set for multicast and
broadcast traffic. The limit should be greater than 1; the max
value is 100 packets per second (pps). Any traffic that falls
below this rate limit will always conform and be transmitted
to the appropriate destination.
The default rate limit setting is 100 packets per second.
Rate Limit
Burst
Setting a rate limit burst determines how much traffic bursts
can be before all traffic exceeds the rate limit. This burst limit
allows intermittent bursts of traffic on a network above the
set rate limit.
The rate limit burst range is 1-150 packets per second. The
default rate limit burst setting is 150 packets per second.
Table 19
Advanced Settings Field Descriptions
Field
Description
