Best Practices For An Ap320I/Ap200 Network - Meru Networks AP300 Installation Manual

Best Practices for an AP320i/AP200 Network

Best Practices for an AP320i/AP200 Network
Read this section if you have both AP200 and AP320i active simultaneously on the same network. The
following best practices should be followed to get optimal performance from such a mixed network.
Do not deploy AP200 and AP300/AP320i at the same physical location; we recommend that there be
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no overlapping coverage between AP200 and AP300.
If AP200 and AP300/AP320i do have overlapping coverage, make sure the ESS profiles on both AP
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types are unique. The chart below shows two scenarios, one supported, one not supported.
AP320i and AP300 are interchangeable and fully compatible to share a virtual cell. It's like having
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two AP300s with different antennas. The only difference is that AP320i is detected as a such in the
UI of the controller.
Supported Scenario
Two Unique ESS profiles
AP200 and AP32 0i SSID stri n g
over the air
Unsupported Scenario
Same ESS profiles
AP200 and AP32 0i SSID stri n g
over the air
Assumptions for the above best practices include:
AP200 is using Virtual Port with BSSID Virtual Cell (AP200 could also be using Shared BSSID Virtual
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Cell.)
AP320i is using Virtual Port with BSSID Virtual Cell.
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AP200s and AP300s are on the same channel. (AP200 and AP320i could also be on different
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channels.)
AP200s and AP320i is are on the same controller. (AP200 and AP320i could also be on different
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controllers as long as each controller has a unique controller index.)
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AP200 Configuration
ESS Profile name in
controller is UniqueName1
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AP200 Configuration
ESS Profile name in
controller is same name
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AP320i Configuration
ESS Profile name in
controller is UniqueName2
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AP320i Configuration
ESS Profile name in
controller is same name
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