Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration
Table 33 Typical Packet Sizes
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Web browsing | Medium | 300 ~ 600 | |
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FTP | Low | 1500 | |
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When ATC is activated, the device sends traffic with smaller packets before traffic with larger packets if the network is congested.
ATC assigns priority to packets as shown in the following table.
Table 34 Automatic Traffic Classifier Priorities
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1 ~ 250 | ATC_High | |
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250 ~ 1100 | ATC_Medium | |
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You should activate ATC on the NWA if your wireless network includes networking devices that do not support WMM QoS, or if you want to prioritize traffic but do not want to configure WMM QoS settings.
8.5.8 ATC+WMM
The NWA can use a mapping mechanism to use both ATC and WMM QoS. The ATC+WMM function prioritizes all packets transmitted onto the wireless network using WMM QoS, and prioritizes all packets transmitted onto the wired network using ATC. See Section 9.4.1 on page 144 for details of how to configure ATC+WMM.
Use the ATC+WMM function if you want to do the following:
•enable WMM QoS on your wireless network and automatically assign a WMM priority to packets that do not already have one (see Section 8.5.8.1 on page 139).
•automatically prioritize all packets going from your wireless network to the wired network (see Section 8.5.8.2 on page 140).
8.5.8.1ATC+WMM from LAN to WLAN
ATC+WMM from LAN (the wired Local Area Network) to WLAN (the Wireless Local Area Network) allows WMM prioritization of packets that do not already have WMM QoS priorities assigned. The NWA automatically classifies data packets using ATC and then assigns WMM priorities based on that ATC classification.
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