3com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A User Manual

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MSS balances the client load by adjusting how MAPs are perceived by 
clients. As the relative capacity of a MAP handling new clients falls 
relative to other MAPs in the area, MSS makes the MAP more difficult for 
potential new clients to detect, which causes a client to associate with a 
MAP with more capacity. Note that by default MSS prevents clients from 
associating with a MAP only if there are other MAPs with available 
capacity in the area; clients are not prevented from associating with a 
MAP if it is the only one available.

You can optionally place MAP radios into load balancing groups. When 
two or more MAP radios are placed in the same load balancing group, 
MSS assumes that they have exactly the same coverage area, and 
attempts to distribute the client load across them equally. The MAP radios 
do not have to be on the same WX switch. A balanced set of MAP radios 
can span multiple WX switches in a Mobility Domain.

This section describes the following configuration tasks:

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Disabling or re-enabling RF load balancing

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Assigning radios to load balancing groups

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Specifying band preference for RF load balancing

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Setting strictness for RF load balancing

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Exempting an SSID from RF load balancing

RF load balancing is enabled by default globally on the WX switch and for 

individual radios. You can disable or enable it globally by using the 
following command:

set load-balancing mode {enable | disable}

To disable or enable RF load balancing for an individual radio, use the 
following command:

set ap apnumber radio radio-num load-balancing {enable | 
disable}

If RF load balancing has been enabled or disabled for a specific MAP 
radio, then the setting for the individual radio takes precedence over the 
global setting.