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B-6 Motorola RF Switch System Reference Guide
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B.1.12 Adaptive Mesh Support
An AAP can extend an AP51x1's existing mesh functionality to a switch managed network. All mesh APs are
configured and managed through the wireless switch. APs without a wired connection form a mesh backhaul
to a repeater or a wired mesh node and then get adopted to the switch. Mesh nodes with existing wired
access get adopted to the switch like a wired AAP.
Mesh AAPs apply configuration changes 180 seconds after the last received switch configuration message.
When the configuration is applied on the Mesh AAP, the radios shutdown and re-initialize (this process takes
less than 2 seconds), forcing associated MUs to be deauthenticated and the Mesh link will go down. MUs
are able to quickly associate, but the Mesh link will need to be re-established before MUs can pass traffic.
This typically takes about 90 to 180 seconds depending on the size of the mesh topology.
NOTE: When mesh is used with AAPs, the "ap-timeout" value needs to be set to a higher
value (for example, 180 seconds) so Mesh AAPs remain adopted to the switch during the
period when the configuration is applied and mesh links are re-established.
B.1.12.1 Configuring Adaptive AP Mesh
To configure mesh support for Adaptive AP:
1. Go to Network
WLAN continues beaconing
WLAN stops beaconing
For a dependant AAP, independent WLANs continue to beacon for three days in the
> Access Port Radios and click on the Global Settings button.
WLAN continues beaconing but AP does allow
clients to associate on that WLAN
WLAN stops beaconing