01-22-2019 02:15 PM - edited 07-05-2021 09:44 AM
Hi. We need to enable a custom application that uses a lot of broadcast to work over a WiFi network. With current settings, lots of packets are dropped. I suppose that happens because broadcast is sent over WiFi on basic rate. Access points are Aironet 1850 with ME. All clients are in the same room as their AP. There are no wired computers in the network, just wireless ones. I think all of the clients use 802.11ac.
We have an idea to set basic rate to be as high as possible - would that help and can that be set on ME and/or 1850? Is there any parameter that controls how an AP and/or ME treats broadcast, which would help with this? Thanks and best regards.
01-23-2019 06:54 AM
Opinions might vary but my instinctive response is don't do it - get the application rewritten or don't use it on WiFi at all.
Multicast can be tolerated for some specific applications but using broadcast as if you're on a LAN is just going to cause problems sooner or later even if you optimise the data rates.
It sounds like a badly designed application and the obvious solution to that is to redesign the app ...
01-25-2019 08:12 AM
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