User's Manual Part 1

Configuration MeshMAX 5054 Series User Guide
Configuring the Subscriber Module
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Storm Threshold is an advanced Bridge setup option that you can use to 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).
• An absolute maximum number of messages per port.
The Storm Threshold parameters let you specify a set of thresholds for each port of the Subscriber unit, identifying
separate values for the number of broadcast messages per second and multicast messages per second.
When the number of frames for a port or identified station exceeds the maximum value per second, the Subscriber unit
ignores all subsequent messages issued by the particular network device, or ignores all messages of that type.
The following parameters are configurable:
• Per Address Threshold: Enter the maximum allowed number of packets per second.
• Ethernet Threshold: Enter the maximum allowed number of packets per second.
• Wireless Slot A Threshold: Enter the maximum allowed number of packets per second.
Broadcast Protocol Filtering
Click Configure > Filtering > Broadcast Protocol to deny specific IP broadcast, IPX broadcast, and multicast traffic.
Click the Edit Table Entries button to display an editable window such as the following. You can configure whether this
traffic must be blocked for Ethernet to wireless, wireless to Ethernet, or both.