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D-Link Unified Access Point Administrator’s Guide
Configuring Load Balancing
You can set network utilization thresholds on the access point to maintain the speed and
performance of the wireless network as clients associate and disassociate with the AP. For the
DWL-8500AP, the load balancing settings apply to both radios.
To configure load balancing and set limits and behavior to be triggered by a specified
utilization rate of the access point, click the Load Balancing tab and update the fields shown
in
Table 20
.
NOTE: After you configure the settings on the Load Balancing page, you must click
Update to apply the changes and to save the settings. Changing some access
point settings might cause the AP to stop and restart system processes. If this
happens, wireless clients will temporarily lose connectivity. We recommend
that you change access point settings when WLAN traffic is low.
Table 20.
Load Balancing
Field
Description
Load Balancing
Enable or disable load balancing:
•
To enable load balancing on this access point, click
Enable.
•
To disable load balancing on this access point, click
Disable.
Utilization for No New Associations
Provide the percentage of network bandwidth utilization
allowed on the radio before the AP stops accepting new
client associations.
The default is 0, which means that all new associations will
be allowed regardless of the utilization rate.
