An adaptive traffic manager assembly, which includes a computing module configured to operate on a current adaptive traffic manager configuration, and includes an adapting mechanism configured to adaptively change the current adaptive traffic manager configuration according to current wireless link conditions, a current Adaptive Coding and Modification (ACM) profile, or upon detection of an ACM event, and further includes a switch assembly configured to receive a first signal over a wired link and to output a second signal over a wireless link, and configured to store the current adaptive traffic manager configuration, and is further configured to automatically change a modulation and coding scheme associated with the current adaptive traffic manager configuration upon receiving an instruction from the computing module, in response to the detection of the ACM event.