Aironet 350 client limits

[s.ratliff]

Can you limit the number of clients that your AP will accept without using any type of authentication server or device. Somewhere in the setup of the AP is there a way to tell it only allow "this many(#)" client connections?

[tepatel]

No..no way to configure # of clients in AP. Let us know the reason behind you want to have that configurable in AP.

[dave.reid]

There is a "Maximum number of Associations" field on the AP Radio / Advanced page. I don't think it has anything to do with whether or not you use an authentication server.

[tepatel · Accepted solution]

YES..in image 12.0T and above you can configure that with Qos as well.

Click on "Advanced Primary SSID setup" link on "AP radio Advanced page" to configure "Max number of associations".

[bruce.johnson]

I have tested this with APs config'd with Network-EAP and Open-Require EAP. In this scenario Max Assoc does not prevent attempted associations by non-LEAP-enabled clients, which are locally authenticated (associated but unauthenticated) and claim one of the allocated associations. This can effectively block legitimate client associations/authentications. I think that local MAC filtering is the only override, and/or disabling Open authentication (forcing LEAP). Using the ACS, you can create or map External DB Users to ACS Groups and limit their access to certain NAS (AP) entries.