3Com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A Configuring RF Load Balancing, Set load-balancing mode enable disable

268CHAPTER 11: CONFIGURING RF LOAD BALANCING FOR MAPS

MSS balances the client load by adjusting how MAPs are perceived by clients. As the relative capacity of a MAP handling new clients falls relative to other MAPs in the area, MSS makes the MAP more difficult for potential new clients to detect, which causes a client to associate with a MAP with more capacity. Note that by default MSS prevents clients from associating with a MAP only if there are other MAPs with available capacity in the area; clients are not prevented from associating with a MAP if it is the only one available.

You can optionally place MAP radios into load balancing groups. When two or more MAP radios are placed in the same load balancing group, MSS assumes that they have exactly the same coverage area, and attempts to distribute the client load across them equally. The MAP radios do not have to be on the same WX switch. A balanced set of MAP radios can span multiple WX switches in a Mobility Domain.

Configuring RF Load Balancing

Disabling or Re-Enabling RF Load Balancing

This section describes the following configuration tasks:

„Disabling or re-enabling RF load balancing

„Assigning radios to load balancing groups

„Specifying band preference for RF load balancing

„Setting strictness for RF load balancing

„Exempting an SSID from RF load balancing

RF load balancing is enabled by default globally on the WX switch and for

individual radios. You can disable or enable it globally by using the following command:

set load-balancing mode {enable disable}

To disable or enable RF load balancing for an individual radio, use the following command:

set ap apnumber radio radio-numload-balancing {enable disable}

If RF load balancing has been enabled or disabled for a specific MAP radio, then the setting for the individual radio takes precedence over the global setting.