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Audience
Audience
This document is for experienced network administrators who design and deploy mesh networks and configure
and maintain Cisco mesh access points and Cisco wireless LAN controllers.
Organization
This guide is organized into these chapters:
Chapter Title
Mesh Network Components,
on page 1
Mesh Deployment Modes, on
page 47
Design Considerations, on
page 51
Site Preparation and Planning,
on page 61
Connecting the Cisco 1500
Series Mesh Access Points to
the Network, on page 99
Checking the Health of the
Network, on page 193
Troubleshooting, on page 207
Managing Mesh Access Points
with Cisco Prime
Infrastructure, on page 237
Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
Table 1: Conventions
Convention
bold font
italic font
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Description
This chapter describes the components of a mesh network.
This chapter describes the various deployment modes of mesh access points.
This chapter describes the design considerations involved in a mesh network.
This chapter describes the implementation details and configuration
examples.
This chapter describes the procedures involved in connecting mesh access
points to a network and configuring the mesh access points.
This chapter describes the commands to enter to check the health of a mesh
network.
This chapter describes the troubleshooting information.
This chapter describes information about managing access points with Cisco
Prime Infrastructure.
Indication
Commands and keywords and user-entered text appear in bold font.
Document titles, new or emphasized terms, and arguments for which you supply
values are in italic font.
Elements in square brackets are optional.
Preface
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