Defining Mesh Access Point Role - Cisco aironet 1522 Design And Deployment Manual

Connecting the Cisco 1520 Series Mesh Access Point to Your Network
From the Interface Name drop-down box, choose the controller interface to which the mesh access point
Step 6
is to connect.
Step 7 Click Apply to commit your changes. The mesh access point now appears in the list of MAC filters on
the MAC Filtering window.
Step 8 Click Save Configuration to save your changes.
Step 9 Repeat this procedure to add the MAC addresses of additional mesh access points to the list.
Using the CLI to Add the MAC Address of the Mesh Access Point to the Controller Filter List
To add a MAC filter entry for the mesh access point on the controller using the controller CLI, follow
these steps
To add the MAC address of the mesh access point to the controller filter list, enter this command:
Step 1
config macfilter add ap_mac wlan_id interface [description]
A value of zero (0) for the wlan_id parameter specifies any WLAN, and a value of zero (0) for the
interface parameter specifies none. You can enter up to 32 characters for the optional description
parameter.
To save your changes, enter this command:
Step 2
save config

Defining Mesh Access Point Role

By default, AP1520s are shipped with a radio role set to MAP. You must reconfigure a mesh access point
to act as a RAP.
General Notes about MAP and RAP Association With The Controller
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A MAP always sets the Ethernet port as the primary backhaul if it is UP, and secondarily the 802.11a
radio. This gives the network administrator time to reconfigure the mesh access point as a RAP,
initially. For faster convergence on the network, Cisco recommends that you not connect any
Ethernet device to the MAP until it has joined the mesh network.
A MAP that fails to connect to a controller on a UP Ethernet port, sets the 802.11a radio as the
primary backhaul. If a MAP fails to find a neighbor or fails to connect to a controller through a
neighbor, the Ethernet port is set as the primary backhaul again.
A MAP connected to a controller over an Ethernet port does not build a mesh topology (unlike a
RAP).
A RAP always sets the Ethernet port as the primary backhaul.
If the Ethernet port is DOWN on a RAP, or a RAP fails to connect to a controller on a UP Ethernet
port, the 802.11a radio is set as the primary backhaul for 15 minutes. Failing to find a neighbor or
failing to connect to a controller via any neighbor on the 802.11a radio causes the primary backhaul
to go into the scan state. The primary backhaul begins its scan with the Ethernet port.
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