Mesh - Meru Networks AP110 Deployment Manual

Table 3: VLAN Tagging Support
Profile Type
Wireless profile (tunneled) Yes
Wireless profile (bridged)
Port profile (tunneled)
Port profile (bridged)

Mesh

The AP110 and AP1014i are single-radio, 2.4GHz-only devices and can only be leaf nodes in
a mesh cloud. Additionally, this means that clients and backhaul share the bandwidth.
The following provides some general information about a Meru mesh network implementation:

Wireless backhaul link: A wireless connection over which an AP is connected to a
controller. Backhaul links are encrypted on a per-hop basis using WPA2-PSK.

Hop: A hop is when a connection passes over a wireless backhaul link. The mesh
network supports a maximum of three (wireless) hops.

Node: An AP participating in a mesh network.
Any given node cannot be part of multiple mesh clouds. The maximum number of
nodes supported in a mesh cloud is 16, and the maximum number of stations is 500.
All nodes behind a wireless backhaul can only be connected to the same controller as
the gateway AP.

Mesh cloud: A group of mesh APs that can connect to each other to form a mesh. Only
nodes that are in the same mesh cloud are able to establish mesh connections.
Each mesh cloud has one pre-shared key (PSK). When a node comes online, it
automatically downloads and installs the PSK.

Virtual Cell and QoS parameters are supported over mesh links.
AP Roles
APs can operate in different roles in a mesh network, depending on their location in the
network. APs can be in one of the following roles in a network.
Access Nodes
An access node is an AP that does not have any wireless backhaul connection (in other words,
an AP that is not participating in the mesh setup).
AP110 AP1014i AP1010 AP1020 AP320 AP332 AP433
Yes Yes
No No Yes
Yes Yes NA
No No NA
For use by Meru Networks authorized partners and customers.
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
NA NA Yes
NA NA No
Yes
Yes
NA
NA
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