ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL 310 - AP Group; 8.1 Wireless Load Balancing Overview; 8.2 AP Group Commands

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Chapter 8
AP Group
If your Zyxel Device has a built-in AP, then use this function to allow WiFi clients to access your Zyxel
Device wirelessly to connect to the network.This chapter shows you how to configure AP groups, which
define the radio, port, VLAN and load balancing settings and apply the settings to all APs in the group.
An AP can belong to one AP group at a time.
8.1 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.
8.2 AP Group Commands
The following table identifies the values required for many of these commands. Other input values are
discussed with the corresponding commands.
The following table describes the commands available for AP groups. You must use the
configure
terminal
command to enter the configuration mode before you can use these commands.
Table 18 Input Values for General AP Management Commands
LABEL DESCRIPTION
ap_group_profile
_name
The wireless LAN radio profile name. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,
underscores(
_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This value is
case-sensitive.
slot_name
The slot name for the AP’s on-board wireless LAN card. Use either slot1 or slot2. (The
NWA5560-N supports up to 2 radio slots.)
Table 19 Command Summary: AP Group
COMMAND DESCRIPTION
ap-group first-priority
ap_group_profile_name
Sets an AP group file that is used as the default group file. Any AP
that is not configured to associate with a specific AP group
belongs to the default group automatically.
ap-group flush wtp-setting
ap_group_profile_name
Sets the Zyxel Device to overwrite the settings of all managed
APs in the specified group with the group profile settings.
ap-group-member
ap_group_wlan_name[no] member
local-ap
Specifies the SSID of the built-in AP that you want to apply the
specified AP group profile and add to the group.
Use the no command to remove the built-in AP from this group.