Configuring A Wlan For Mesh Networking Support - Extreme Networks Altitude 4700 Series Product Reference Manual

7 Click Cancel to discard the changes made to the Mesh STP Configuration and return to the LAN1 or
LAN2 screen. Once the Mesh STP Configuration is defined, the Access Point's radio can be
configured for base and/or client bridge support.

Configuring a WLAN for Mesh Networking Support

Each Access Point comprising a particular mesh network is required to be a member of the same
WLAN. Therefore, each base bridge, client bridge or repeater within the mesh network must use the
same WLAN in order to share the same ESSID, radio designation, security policy, MU ACL and Quality
of Service policy. If intending to use the Access Point for mesh networking support, Extreme Networks
recommends configuring at least one WLAN (of the 16 WLANs available) specifically for mesh
networking support.
To define the attributes of the WLAN shared by the members of the mesh network:
1 Select Network Configuration > Wireless from the menu tree.
The Wireless Configuration screen displays with those existing WLANs displayed within the table.
2 Select the Create button to configure a new WLAN specifically to support mesh networking.
An existing WLAN can be modified (or used as is) for mesh networking support by selecting it from
the list of available WLANs and clicking the Edit button.
3 Assign an ESSID and Name to the WLAN that each Access Point will share when using this WLAN
within their mesh network.
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