Limiting the number of clients

You might want to prevent overloading of your access point by limiting the number of clients who can associate with it at the same time. Limits can be applied per SSID, per AP, or per radio.

To limit the number of clients per SSID - GUI:

1. Go to WiFi and Switch Controller > SSIDs and edit your SSID.
2. Turn on Maximum Clients and enter the maximum number of clients in Limit Concurrent WiFi Clients.

To limit the number of clients per AP- GUI:

To access this setting from the GUI, you must enable Advanced Wireless Features (see Advanced Wireless Features).

1. Once you enable Advanced Wireless Features, navigate to WiFi & Switch Controller > Operation Profiles > FortiAP Profiles.
2. Select the profile you want to limit clients on.
3. Under Advanced Settings > Maximum client count, enter the maximum number of clients you want to allow.
4. When you are finished, click OK.

To limit the number of clients per AP- CLI:

Edit the wtp-profile (FortiAP profile):

config wireless-controller wtp-profile

edit "FAP221C-default"

set max-clients 30

end

To limit the number of clients per radio - CLI:

Edit the wtp-profile (FortiAP profile), like this:

config wireless-controller wtp-profile

edit "FAP221C-default"

config radio-1

set max-clients 10

end

config radio-2

set max-clients 30

end

end