Best Practices And Recommendations - Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100 User Manual

Deploying a Smart Mesh Network

Best Practices and Recommendations

2. Connect to this WLAN using WPA and the passphrase ruckus-<admin password>. (The
admin password is the same as that used to log into ZoneDirector.)
3. You can now access the AP's Web interface by entering the AP's recovery IP address
169.254.1.1 in the browser.
Note that because the AP is still in ZoneDirector-managed state, you can not make configura-
tion changes via the Web interface. Therefore you will need to proceed to the next step and
connect to the AP's CLI to make changes.
Step 4: Connect to the AP and update its Mesh settings
1. Launch your SSH client and enter the IP address 169.254.1.1.
2. Log into the AP via SSH using the same user name and password that you use to log into
the ZoneDirector Web interface.
3. Enter the command set meshcfg ssid <current_ssid>, where current_ssid is the
SSID that the mesh network is currently using.
4. Enter the command set meshcfg passphrase <current_passphrase>, where
current_passphrase is the passphrase that the mesh network is currently using.
NOTE: To paste text into PuTTY, press ctrl+v to paste, then click the right mouse button.
5. Enter the command set mesh auto.
6. If there are multiple ZoneDirectors on the network, you may need to specify which
ZoneDirector the AP should connect to, using the command set director ip <Zone-
Director's IP address>.
7. If a management VLAN is used for ZoneDirector-AP management traffic, enter the following
command: set ipaddr wan vlan <vlan ID>.
8. Enter the command reboot to restart the AP with the new configuration changes.
9. Close the SSH client.
You have completed recovering the isolated mesh AP. You should be able to manage this AP
again shortly. Please wait at least 15 minutes (to allow the mesh network to stabilize), and then
try managing this AP again via ZoneDirector.

Best Practices and Recommendations

For recommendations and best practices in planning and deploying a Ruckus Wireless Smart
Mesh network, refer to "Smart Mesh Networking Best Practices" on page 293.
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