Make sure your on release 4.0.206.0 or greater.  There was a bad bug
that was fixed in 4.0.206.0 that had significant packet loss on the
wireless network if Multicast was enabled.

 

We don't have multicast enabled.  We do have Peer to Peer blocking
disabled (so we are enabling Peer to Peer).   It wasn't a conscious
decision, just the default setting on the box, and we haven't changed
it.

 

My only recommendation is try to limit the bandwidth allowed for
Multicast.

 

From: Lee H Badman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:28 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco LWAPP, multicast/peer to peer blocking
modes

 

We have 12 WiSMs at SU (24 controllers) and around 1,550 APs online. By
default on the controllers under General System configuration options,
Ethernet Multicast Support is disabled by default, and we chose to
enable Peer to Peer Blocking Mode. 

 

We are being asked a by a researcher to change both of these settings to
allow both multicast and peer to peer connections in the WLAN, and our
first reaction is to grimace and gnash teeth a bit. Am wondering if
anyone is actually allowing multicast on a large WLAN and seeing any
problems, added load, or general observations worth noting? Same with
peer to peer.

 

Regards to the group-

 

Lee H. Badman

Wireless/Network Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Syracuse University

315 443-3003

 

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