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The General section contains settings for mesh radio, number of mesh links, RSSI smoothing, roaming threshold
and de-auth client.
Table 65:
Groups > Proxim Mesh > General Fields and Default Values
Setting
Mesh Radio
Maximum Mesh Links
(1-32)
Neighbor RSSI
Smoothing
Roaming Threshold (0-
100)
Deauth Client when
Uplink is Down
The Security section contains settings for SSID and enabling AES encryption.
Table 66:
Groups > Proxim Mesh > Security Fields and Default Values
Setting
SSID
Enable AES
Shared Secret
3. The Mesh Cost Matrix configuration section contains settings for hop factor and maximum hops to portal, RSSI
factor and cut-off, medium occupancy factor and current medium occupancy weight. Adjust these settings as
required for your network.
Table 67:
Groups > Proxim Mesh > Mesh Cost Matrix Fields and Default Values
Setting
Hop Factor (1-
10)
Maximum Hops
to Portal (1-4)
RSSI Factor (0-
10)
RSSI Cutoff (0-
26)
Medium
Occupancy
90 | Configuring and Using Device Groups
Default Description
4.9/5Ghz Drop-down selects the radio that acts as the backhaul to the network.
Sets the maximum number of mesh links allowed on an AP. This number
6
includes the uplink to the portal as well as downlinks to other mesh APs.
16 Specifies the number of beacons to wait before switching to a new link.
Specifies the difference in cost between two paths that must be exceeded before
80 the AP roams. To switch to a new path it must have a cost that is less by at least
the roaming threshold. A high threshold results in fewer mesh roams.
With Yes selected, clients have authentication removed (are deauthenticated) if
Yes
the uplink is lost.
Default Description
None Sets the SSID used by the Mesh Radio to connect to the mesh network.
No Enable or disable AES encryption.
Specify a shared secret if Enable AES is Yes.
None
Table 67 describes these settings and default values.
Default Description
Sets the factor associated with each hop when calculating the best path to the portal AP.
5
Higher factors will have more impact when deciding the best uplink.
4 Set the maximum number of hops for the AP to reach the Portal AP.
Sets the factor associated with the RSSI values used when calculating the best path to the
5
portal AP. Higher factors will have more impact when deciding the best uplink.
10 Specifies the minimum RSSI needed to become a mesh neighbor.
Sets the factor associated with Medium Occupancy when calculating the best path to the
5
portal AP. Higher factors will have more impact when deciding the best uplink.
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