Specifications

set service-profile no-broadcast

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l ARP requests—If the SSID has clients with IP addresses that the UNIVERGE

WL Controller does not already know, the UNIVERGE WL Controllerallows

the UNIVERGE WL Access Points radio to send the ARP request as a unicast

to only those stations whose addresses the UNIVERGE WL Controller does

not know. The UNIVERGE WL Access Points radio does not forward the

ARP request as a broadcast and does not send the request as a unicast to

stations whose addresses the UNIVERGE WL Controller already knows.

l DHCP Offers or Acks—If the destination MAC address belongs to a client on

the SSID, the UNIVERGE WL Access Points radio sends the DHCP Offer or

Ack as a unicast to that client only.

The no-broadcast mode does not affect other types of broadcast traffic and does

not prevent clients from sending broadcasts.

Syntax

set service-profile name no-broadcast {enable | disable}

Defaults

The no-broadcast mode is disabled by default. (Broadcast traffic not

disabled.)

Access

Enabled.

Usage

To further reduce traffic on a service profile, use the set service-profile

dhcp-restrict command to capture non-DHCP traffic to and from clients who are

still in the authentication or authorization process.

Examples

The following command enables the no-broadcast mode on service

profile sp1:

PROPMT# set service-profile sp1 no-broadcast enable

success: change accepted.