Profiles > Mesh > Radio - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Configuration Manual

Table 42
Field
RF Band
Encryption
3. Select Add or Save. The added or edited Cluster profile appears on Profiles > Mesh > Cluster.
Profiles > Mesh > Radio
The mesh radio profile allows you to specify the transmit power and set of rates used to transmit data on the
mesh link.
Perform these steps to create or edit Mesh Radio profiles.
1. Select Profiles > Mesh > Radio in the Dell PowerConnect W Navigation pane.
2. Select the Add button to create a new Radio profile, or click the pencil icon to edit an existing profile.
Complete the settings as described in
Table 43
Field
General Settings
Folder
Name
Other Settings
Maximum Children (1-
64)
Maximum Hop Count (1-
32)
Heartbeat Threshold (1-
255)
Link Threshold
(1-255)
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Profiles > Mesh > Cluster Profile Settings (Continued)
Default Description
Use this setting to indicate the band for mesh operation for multiband radios. Select a or g.
a
Important: If you create more than one mesh cluster profile for an AP or AP group, each
mesh cluster profile must use the same band
Open System Use this setting to configure the data encryption, which can be either open system (no
authentication or h) or WPA2-PSK-AES (WPA2 with AES encryption using a preshared key).
AirWave recommends selecting WPA2-PSK-AES and entering a passphrase. Keep the
passphrase in a safe place.
Profiles > Mesh > Radio Profile Settings
Default
Top
Blank
64
8
10
12
Table 43:
Description
Set the folder with which the profile is associated. The drop-down menu displays all
folders available for association with the profile.
Enter the name of the profile.
Use this field to indicate the maximum number of children a mesh node can accept.
The supported range is from 1 to 64.
Use this field to indicate the maximum hop count from the mesh portal. The
supported range is from 1 to 32.
Use this field to indicate the maximum number of heartbeat messages that can be
lost between neighboring mesh nodes. The supported range is from 1 to 255.
Use this setting to optimize operation of the link metric algorithm. This indicates the
minimal RSSI value. If the RSSI value is below this threshold, the link may be
considered a subthreshold link. A sub-threshold link is one whose average RSSI
value falls below the configured link threshold.
If this occurs, the mesh node may try to find a better link on the same channel and
cluster (only neighbors on the same channel are considered).
The supported threshold is hardware dependent, with a practical range of 1 to 255.
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