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The station name is an optional parameter that may be used to
designate wireless devices in the network. The name can help to
identify a device in one of the SIMATIC NET IWL diagnostic utilities. A
station name can consist of up to 31 alphanumeric characters.
An advanced Bridge setup option that you can use to protect the
network against data overload by:
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Specifying a maximum number of frames per second as received
from a single network device (identified by its MAC address).
n
Specifying an absolute maximum number of messages per port.
The 'Storm Threshold' parameters allow you to specify a set of
thresholds for each port of the Radio Link Module, identifying
separate values for the number of broadcast messages/second and
Multicast messages/second.
When the number of frames for a port or identified station exceeds
the maximum value per second, the access point will ignore all
subsequent messages issued by the particular network device, or
ignore all messages of that type.
A subnet is a logical sub-division of a Local Area Network that has
been divided by means of routers or gateways. A subnet may include
multiple LAN segments.
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