Client throttling is the intentional limiting of an Internet service to regulate network traffic and provide fair throughput share to each client. You can configure throttling on Switches and SSIDs. For setup instructions on switch ports, please read this article.
When an Access Point is configured with the wired client option "Merge with SSID", and the merged SSID has throttling enabled, all connected clients will be restricted by the specified throughput limits.
To configure client throttling on an SSID, you need to:
- Log into the Plasma Cloud console;
- Select the organisation and network containing your Switch of interest from the top right menu;
- Navigate to Settings > SSIDs > SSID name in the main menu on the left;
- Activate Client Throttling by setting the toggle to Enabled;
- Adjust upload and download speeds by moving the slider or entering the desired value in the text field;
- Click on the Save button.
Connections are bidirectional, therefore upload and download values cannot exceed a ratio of 1:10. Values may be automatically adjusted.
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Understanding Throughput Limits
Each throughput value is a maximum allowed for each client connected to this specific SSID. It doesn't mean that the full throughput will actually be reached.
The throughput obtained by a WiFi client depends on multiple factors, including:
- Internet uplink throughput;
- Number of concurrent WiFi clients;
- Client throttling configuration; and
- Mesh throughput (if applicable).
Examples of use cases:
A) Client throttling is set to 1 Mbps with an Internet uplink throughput of 100 Mbps. Each client throughput will be limited to 1 Mbps. Up to 100 concurrent clients can consume 1 Mbps throughput until the uplink throughput is maxed out.
B) Client throttling is set to 100 Mbps, but the Internet connection only provides a throughput of 10 Mbps. Thus the actual maximum throughput will be 10 Mbps throughout the network.
C) Client throttling is set to 10 Mbps with an Internet uplink throughput of 10 Mbps. As long as only a single client is connected that client can reach a maximum throughput of 10 Mbps. If there is more than one client connected to the same network, the throughput will be divided by the number of clients. E.g. 2 connected clients are limited to 5 Mbps each, 3 clients get 3.3 Mbps, etc.
Once client throttling is configured on an SSID, you need to assign the SSID to the specific Access Points responsible for enforcing throttling. For detailed instructions, refer to this article.
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