Chapter 19 AP Profile
NXC Series User’s Guide
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MAC Filtering
Profile
Select a MAC filtering profile from the list to associate with this SSID. If none exist, you can use
the Create new Object menu to create one.
MAC filtering allows you to limit the wireless clients connecting to your network through a
particular SSID by wireless client MAC addresses. Any clients that have MAC addresses not in
the MAC filtering profile of allowed addresses are denied connections.
The disable setting means no MAC filtering is used.
Layer-2 Isolation
Profile
Select a layer-2 isolation profile from the list to associate with this SSID. If none exist, you can use
the Create new Object menu to create one.
The disable setting means no layer-2 isolation is used.
QoS Select a Quality of Service (QoS) access category to associate with this SSID. Access
categories minimize the delay of data packets across a wireless network. Certain categories,
such as video or voice, are given a higher priority due to the time sensitive nature of their data
packets.
QoS access categories are as follows:
disable: Turns off QoS for this SSID. All data packets are treated equally and not tagged with
access categories.
WMM: Enables automatic tagging of data packets. The NXC assigns access categories to the
SSID by examining data as it passes through it and making a best guess effort. If something
looks like video traffic, for instance, it is tagged as such.
WMM_VOICE: All wireless traffic to the SSID is tagged as voice data. This is recommended if an
SSID is used for activities like placing and receiving VoIP phone calls.
WMM_VIDEO: All wireless traffic to the SSID is tagged as video data. This is recommended for
activities like video conferencing.
WMM_BEST_EFFORT: All wireless traffic to the SSID is tagged as “best effort,” meaning the data
travels the best route it can without displacing higher priority traffic. This is good for activities
that do not require the best bandwidth throughput, such as surfing the Internet.
WMM_BACKGROUND: All wireless traffic to the SSID is tagged as low priority or “background
traffic”, meaning all other access categories take precedence over this one. If traffic from an
SSID does not have strict throughput requirements, then this access category is recommended.
For example, an SSID that only has network printers connected to it.
Rate Limiting
Downlink Define the maximum incoming transmission data rate (either in mbps or kbps) on a per-station
basis.
Uplink Define the maximum outgoing transmission data rate (either in mbps or kbps) on a per-station
basis.
Band Select To improve network performance and avoid interference in the 2.4 GHz frequency band, you
can enable this feature to use the 5 GHz band first. You should set 2.4GHz and 5 GHz radio
profiles to use the same SSID and security settings.
Select the check box to turn on Band Select. Connections to an SSID using the 2.4GHz band
are still allowed. If you enable IEEE 802.11k/v assisted roaming on the AP,
• when a client connecting to the 2.4 GHz WiFi network can also function in the 5 GHz band
and supports 802.11v, and its 5 GHz WiFi signal strength is good, the AP sends 802.11v
messages to suggest preferred 5 GHz SSIDs to the client.
• when a client connecting to the 2.4 GHz WiFi network can also function in the 5 GHz band
but doesn’t support 802.11v, the AP disconnects the client after it has been idle longer than
5 seconds. The client then can change to connect to a 5 GHz WiFi network.
Otherwise, clear the check box to turn off this feature.
Table 125 Configuration > Object > AP Profile > SSID List > Add/Edit SSID Profile (continued)
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