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Chapter 21 Load Balancing
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The requirements for load balancing are fairly straight forward and should be
met in order for a group of similar NWAs to take advantage of the feature:
• They should all be within the same subnet.
• They should all have the same SSID, radio mode, and security mode.
• There should be a minimum of 2 NWAs within the same broadcast radius, or at
the very least within an overlapping broadcast radius.
21.2 The Load Balancing Screen
Use this screen to configure the load balancing feature on the NWA. Click Load
Balancing in the navigation menu. The following screen appears.
Figure 161 Load Balancing
The following table describes the labels in this screen
Table 80 Load Balancing
FIELD DESCRIPTION
Enable Load Balancing Select this option to turn on wireless load balancing.
Mode Use the option to choose the specific method by which you
want to enable load balancing on your NWA.
By station number Enter the maximum number of stations the NWA allows to
connect to it. You can enter a value from 1-127.
By traffic level Choose a load balancing traffic level. The traffic level you
select here determines how much bandwidth the AP allows to
pass through it before it becomes overloaded and starts
delaying or rejecting connections.
• Low - Up to 6 Mbps before it becomes overloaded.
• Medium - Up to 13 Mbps before it becomes overloaded.
• High - Up to 20 Mbps before it becomes overloaded.