SMC Networks SMCWBR11S-N manual MULTICAST-TO- Unicast Converter, Multicast-to-Unicast Converter

CHAPTER 7 Wireless Configuration

Advanced Settings

MULTICAST-TO- UNICAST CONVERTER

◆ACM — The admission control mode for the access category. When enabled, clients are blocked from using the access category. (Default: Disabled)

◆AckPolicy — By default, all wireless data transmissions require the sender to wait for an acknowledgement from the receiver. WMM allows the acknowledgement wait time to be turned off for each Access Category (AC) 0-3. Although this increases data throughput, it can also result in a high number of errors when traffic levels are heavy. (Default: Acknowledge)

The Multicast-to-Unicast Converter section on the Wireless Settings Advanced page allows you to enable multicast traffic conversion.

Converting multicast traffic to unicast before sending to wireless clients allows a longer DTIM (Data Beacon Rate) interval to be set. A longer DTIM interval prevents clients in power-save mode having to activate their radios to receive the multicast data, which saves battery life.

Figure 39: Multicast-to-Unicast Converter

The following items are displayed in this section on this page:

◆Multicast-to-Unicast— Enables multicast traffic streams to be converted to unicast traffic before delivery to wireless clients. (Default: Disabled)

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