Netgear WAC730-Business User Manual - Page 119

To enable and con load balancing, Con Advanced Network and WiFi Features

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Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 and WAC730 User Manual • New client associations are allowed if the radio's WLAN utilization is lower than the specified percentage of network bandwidth utilization. • New client associations are prevented if the radio's WLAN utilization is higher than the specified percentage of network bandwidth utilization. For more information about the WLAN utilization, see View the Standalone Dashboard on page 80. To enable and configure load balancing: 1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to the access point directly through an Ethernet cable. For more information, see Log In to the Access Point on page 16. 2. In the address bar, enter the IP address of the access point. A login window opens. 3. Enter the user name and password. The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password are case-sensitive. 4. Select Configuration > Wireless > Advanced > Load Balancing. 5. To enable load balancing, select the Enabled radio button. By default, the Disabled radio button is selected and load balancing is disabled. 6. In the Utilization For No New Associations (%) field, enter the percentage of network bandwidth utilization that is allowed on the radios before the access point stops accepting new client associations. The default is 0, which means that all new associations are allowed, regardless of the utilization rate. 7. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. Configure Advanced Network and WiFi Features 119

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New client associations are allowed if the radio’s WLAN utilization is lower than the specified percentage
of network bandwidth utilization.
New client associations are prevented if the radio’s WLAN utilization is higher than the specified
percentage of network bandwidth utilization.
For more information about the WLAN utilization, see
View the Standalone Dashboard
on page 80.
To enable and configure load balancing:
1.
Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable.
For more information, see
Log In to the Access Point
on page 16.
2.
In the address bar, enter the IP address of the access point.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
4.
Select
Configuration > Wireless > Advanced > Load Balancing
.
5.
To enable load balancing, select the
Enabled
radio button.
By default, the
Disabled
radio button is selected and load balancing is disabled.
6.
In the
Utilization For No New Associations (%)
field, enter the percentage of network bandwidth
utilization that is allowed on the radios before the access point stops accepting new client associations.
The default is 0, which means that all new associations are allowed, regardless of the utilization rate.
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Configure Advanced Network and WiFi Features
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Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 and WAC730 User Manual