Mesh Settings - Motorola WS2000 System Reference Manual

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Interference Avoidance
When enabled, the AP keeps track of the retry count for the Tx frames and if this count exceeds the threshold
limit set in Average Retries field, triggers the Interference Avoidance feature. The AP then does a
Automatic Channel Selection (ACS) and shifts its channel to one where there is no interference.
The Hold Time specifies the time duration in seconds that the AP has to wait after having done a ACS before
doing the next ACS.

5.14 Mesh Settings

The WS2000 Wireless Switch provides support for creating and managing a mesh network. In a mesh
network, there are more than two pathways of communication between each node. In a mesh network, each
node communicates with the other nodes directly or by hops using other nodes as intermediary stops. As
there are multiple paths between nodes, mesh networks provides reliability and offers redundancy.
Mesh network is supported by the WS2000 Wireless Switch through APs that have mesh network support
integrated in them. AP300 from Motorola is a thin AP that has in built support for Mesh networks. When a
WS2000 is configured for Mesh support, it uses AP300s that have been adopted as base bridges or client
bridges to establish mesh networks.
To create and manage a Mesh Network, select [Network Configuration]-->Wireless-->APs/Radios--
><Radio Name>. This radio must support Mesh network. The Radio Settings screen is displayed.
Select the

Mesh Settings

tab on the screen to view the Mesh Settings screen.
A Mesh Base device is a device that allows other devices to connect to it as its client. The Mesh Base is also
responsible to provide the redundancy and reliability. Each Mesh Base can support up to 6 Mesh Client
devices.
A Mesh Client is a device that connects to the Mesh Base to access the network resources.