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CHAPTER 12
Wireless Load Balancing
This chapter shows you how to configure wireless load balancing.
12.1 Wireless Load Balancing Overview
Wireless load balancing is the process whereby 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.
Because there is a hard upper limit on the AP’s wireless bandwidth, this can be a crucial function in
areas crowded with wireless users. Rather than let every user connect and subsequently dilute the
available bandwidth to the point where each connecting device receives a meager trickle, the load
balanced AP instead limits the incoming connections as a means to maintain bandwidth integrity.
12.2 Wireless Load Balancing Commands
The following table describes the commands available for wireless load balancing. You must use the
configure terminal command to enter the configuration mode before you can use these
commands.
Table 40 Command Summary: Load Balancing
COMMAND DESCRIPTION
[no] load-balancing kickout Enables an overloaded AP to disconnect (“kick”) idle clients or
clients with noticeably weak connections.
load-balancing mode {station | traffic | smart-
classroom}
Enables load balancing based on either number of stations (also
known as wireless clients) or wireless traffic on an AP.
station or traffic: once the threshold is crossed (either the
maximum station numbers or with network traffic), the NWA/
WAC delays association request and authentication request
packets from any new station that attempts to make a
connection.
smart-classroom: the NWA/WAC ignores association request
and authentication request packets from any new station when
the maximum number of stations is reached.
load-balancing max sta <1..127> If load balancing by the number of stations/wireless clients, this
sets the maximum number of devices allowed to connect to a
load-balanced AP.
load-balancing traffic level {high | low |
medium}
If load balancing by traffic threshold, this sets the traffic
threshold level.
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