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6. The IT team selects the
7. The Trion IT department sets the
members of the mesh network to defer to AP1 as the AP defining the mesh network
configuration (thus defining AP1 to what is commonly referred to as the root).
NOTE AP1 and AP2 have been configured identically up to this point. However,
only AP1 is assigned a priority of 10000 within the Bridge STP
Configuration screen. AP2 is set to a lower priority (20000) to keep AP1 as
the root.
The IT team leaves the
setting controls the maximum length of time that passes before a bridge port saves its
configuration information. The
sent) is also unchanged from 2 second default interval. The IT team also leaves the
Delay
(the time the access point LAN is spent in a listening and learning state) to the factory
default of 15 seconds. Since only one additional access point is to be added to this point-to-
point mesh network, the
second default setting.
8. The team clicks
OK
the trion (LAN1) screen to save the settings. This step is repeated for AP2.
The Trion IT team now intends to create a WLAN (to use with the trion LAN) that can be
dedicated to their mesh network within the shipping yard.
9. Select
Network Configuration -> Wireless
Mesh STP Configuration
Priority
setting to 10000 (for AP1) in order for future
Maximum Message age
Hello Time
(the time between each bridge protocol data unit
Forwarding Table Ageout
from within the Bridge STP Configuration screen and
Configuring Mesh Networking
button on the bottom off the screen.
timer at the 20 sec default interval. This
value is also unchanged from its 100
from the AP-5131 menu tree.
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Apply
from within
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