Cisco AP541N-A-K9 Administration Guide - Page 93

Wireless Modifying Advanced Settings 4 Table 19 Advanced Settings Field Descriptions Field Rate Sets Description Check the transmission rate sets you want the access point to support and the basic rate sets you want the access point to advertise: • Rate is expressed in megabits per second. • 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. Broadcast/ Multicast Rate Limiting • 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. Enabling multicast and broadcast rate limiting can improve overall network performance by limiting the number of packets transmitted across the network. Rate Limit 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. 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. Rate Limit Burst The default rate limit setting is 100 packets per second. 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. Cisco AP 541N Dual-band Single-radio Access Point Quick Start Guide 90