Step 3: Provision And Deploy Mesh Nodes - Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100 User Manual

Optional Mesh Configuration Features
The following settings are disabled by default and are not necessary for standard mesh
configuration. These settings can be used to fine-tune your mesh network to prevent issues
such as excessive broadcast ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) requests, traffic looping and
excessive number of mesh hops.
• Global Client Isolation: Enable the check box to prevent clients from sending broadcast
or multicast frames to ports other than their uplink ports. For example, if a client sends an
ARP request, it will be forwarded from the Mesh AP to the Root AP and to the backhaul. It
will not be forwarded to other Mesh APs connected to the same Root AP. This feature is
disabled by default.
• ARP Broadcast Filter: The ARP Broadcast filter is designed to reduce IPv4 Address
Resolution Protocol (ARP) and IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) broadcasts over the
air. Once enabled, access points will sniff ARP/NDP responses and maintain a table of IP
addresses to MAC address entries. When the AP receives an ARP/NDP broadcast request
from a known host, the AP converts the broadcast request packet into a unicast request by
replacing the broadcast address with the MAC address. If the AP receives a request from
an unknown host, it forwards the request at the rate limit specified in the
Filter".
• Mesh Packet Forwarding Filter: When this feature is enabled, packet filtering is applied
to the uplink port of an AP. For a Root AP or eMAP, the uplink port is the Ethernet port. For
a Mesh AP, the uplink port is the mesh uplink port. Packets received from the uplink port
will be dropped if the source MAC address does not match one of the MAC addresses
specified in the filter. Packets transmitted out via the uplink port will be dropped if the
destination MAC address does match one of the MAC addresses specified. Enter the colon-
separated MAC addresses of the gateway and BRAS servers and click Create New to add
them to the list.
• Mesh Topology Detection: Set the number of mesh hops and mesh downlinks after which
ZoneDirector should trigger warning messages.

Step 3: Provision and Deploy Mesh Nodes

In this step, you will connect each AP to the same wired network as ZoneDirector to provision
it with mesh-related settings. After you complete provisioning an AP, you must reboot it for the
mesh-related settings to take effect.
To provision and deploy a mesh node
1. Using one of the AP's Ethernet ports, connect it to the same wired network to which
ZoneDirector is connected, and then power it on. The AP detects ZoneDirector and sends
a join request.
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