Chapter 9 Wireless

Load Balancing (Wireless)

Wireless load balancing is the process where you limit the number of connections allowed on an wireless access point (AP) or you limit the amount of wireless traffic transmitted and received on it so the AP does not become overloaded.

9.2 Controller

Use this screen to set how the NWA3000-N series AP allows new APs to connect to the network. This is available when the NWA3000-N series AP is in controller mode. Click Configuration > Wireless > Controller to access this screen.

Figure 43 Configuration > Wireless > Controller

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 36 Configuration > Wireless > Controller

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Registration Type

Select Manual to add each AP to the NWA3000-N series AP for

 

management, or Always Accept to automatically add APs to the

 

NWA3000-N series AP for management.

 

Note: Select the Manual option for managing a specific set of

 

APs. This is recommended as the registration mechanism

 

cannot automatically differentiate between friendly and

 

rogue APs. For details on how to handle rogue APs, see

 

Section 6.7 on page 94.

 

APs must be connected to the NWA3000-N series AP by a wired

 

connection or network.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NWA3000-N series AP.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.

 

 

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