Avaya Wireless AP-3 User Manual
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Avaya Wireless AP-3 User’s Guide 4-91
Storm Threshold
Storm Threshold is an advanced Bridge setup option that you can use to
protect the network against data overload by:
protect the network against data overload by:
• Specifying a maximum number of frames per second as received
from a single network device (identified by its MAC address).
• Specifying an absolute maximum number of messages per port.
The Storm Threshold parameters allow you to specify a set of thresholds
for each port of the AP, identifying separate values for the number of
broadcast messages/second and Multicast messages/second.
for each port of the AP, identifying separate values for the number of
broadcast messages/second and Multicast messages/second.
When the number of frames for a port or identified station exceeds the
maximum value per second, the AP will ignore all subsequent messages
issued by the particular network device, or ignore all messages of that
type.
maximum value per second, the AP will ignore all subsequent messages
issued by the particular network device, or ignore all messages of that
type.
• Address Threshold: Enter the maximum allowed number of
packets per second.
• Ethernet Threshold:
Enter the maximum allowed number of
packets per second.
• Wireless Threshold: Enter the maximum allowed number of
packets per second.