Described is a system and method for optimizing wireless client communications. The system comprises a plurality of access points and a network management arrangement. The access points conduct wireless communications on a radio frequency channel with a plurality of wireless computing units. The access points are associated with a common destination identifier. The network management arrangement generates a list for each of the access points. The list includes source identifiers for selected ones of the wireless computing units. One of the access points only transmits a response signal in response to a received signal that includes a received signal source identifier matching one of the source identifiers on the list of the one access point.