Deploying A Wireless Mesh Via Zonedirector; Step 1: Prepare For Wireless Mesh Deployment; Step 2: Enable Mesh Capability On Zonedirector - Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100 User Manual

Deploying a Wireless Mesh via ZoneDirector

Deploying a wireless mesh via ZoneDirector involves the following steps:
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"Step 1: Prepare for Wireless Mesh Deployment"

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"Step 2: Enable Mesh Capability on ZoneDirector"

• "Step 3: Provision and Deploy Mesh Nodes"
• "Step 4: Verify That the Wireless Mesh Network Is Up"
Step 1: Prepare for Wireless Mesh Deployment
Before starting with your wireless mesh deployment, Ruckus Wireless recommends performing
a number of tasks that can help ensure a smooth deployment.
• Ensure that the APs that will form the mesh are of the same radio type.
• 802.11g APs can only mesh with other 11g APs.
• Single band 11n APs can only mesh with other single band 11n APs.
• Dual band 11n APs can only mesh with other dual band 11n APs.
• Plan Your Wireless Mesh Network - Survey your deployment site, decide on the number of
APs that you will deploy (including the number of Root APs and Mesh APs), and then create
a simple sketch of where you will deploy each Root AP and Mesh AP. Remember that Root
APs need to be connected to ZoneDirector via their Ethernet ports. Make sure that the Root
AP locations can be wired easily, if cabling is not yet available.
• Make Sure That Your Access Points Support Mesh Networking - Verify that the access points
that you are planning to include in your wireless mesh network all provide mesh capability.
Note that only firmware versions 6.0.0.0.* and later (for both ZoneFlex and ZoneDirector)
support mesh networking.
• Enable Auto Approval - If you do not want to have to manually approve the join requests
from each mesh AP when they start forming the wireless mesh, you can enable Auto
Approval. For instructions on how to enable Auto Approval, see
Points to the Network"
Step 2: Enable Mesh Capability on ZoneDirector
If you did not enable mesh capability on ZoneDirector when you completed the Setup Wizard,
you can enable it on the Configure > Mesh screen.
on page 154.
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