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WiNG 5.5 Access Point System Reference Guide
The firewall maintains a facility to control packet storms. Storms are packet bombardments that exceed the high threshold
configured for an interface. During a storm, packets are throttled until the rate falls below the configured rate, severely
impacting performance for the interface. Thresholds are configured in terms of packets per second.
8. Refer to the
Storm Control Settings
Traffic Type
Interface Type
Interface Name
Packets per Second
9. Select
+ Add Row
Delete
icon as required to remove selected rows.
10. Refer to the
Storm Control Logging
Traffic Type
Logging
11. Select
+ Add Row
required to remove selected rows.
12. Select
OK
to update the Storm Control settings. Select
can be invoked at any point in the configuration process by selecting
side, of the access point user interface.
13. Select the
Advanced Settings
Use the
Advanced Settings
configuration and TCP protocol checks.
field to set the following:
Use the drop-down menu to define the traffic type for which the Storm Control
configuration applies. Options include ARP, Broadcast, Multicast and Unicast.
Use the drop-down menu to define the interface for which the Storm Control configuration
is applied. Only the specified interface uses the defined filtering criteria. Options include
Ethernet, WLAN and Port Channel.
Use the drop-down menu to refine the interface selection to a specific WLAN or physical
port. This helps with threshold configuration for potentially impacted interfaces.
Select the check box to activate the spinner control used to specify the packets per second
threshold for activating the Storm Control mechanism.
as needed to add additional Storm Control configurations for other traffic types or interfaces. Select the
field to define how storm events are logged.
Use the drop-down menu to define the traffic type for which the Storm Control logging
configuration applies. Options include ARP, Broadcast, Multicast and Unicast.
Select the check box to activate the spinner control used to specify the standard log level
used if a Storm Control attack is detected. The default log level is Warning.
as needed to add additional Storm Control log entries for other interfaces. Select the
tab.
tab to enable/disable the firewall, define application layer gateway settings, flow timeout
Reset
to revert to the last saved configuration.The firewall policy
Activate Firewall Policy
Delete
icon as
from the upper, left-hand
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