Adaptive Mesh Support - Motorola WiNG 4.4 Reference Manual

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B.1.12 Adaptive Mesh Support
An AAP can extend an AP51x1's existing mesh functionality to a switch managed network. All mesh APs are configured
and managed through the wireless switch. APs without a wired connection form a mesh backhaul to a repeater or a wired
mesh node and then get adopted to the switch. Mesh nodes with existing wired access get adopted to the switch like a
wired AAP.
Mesh AAPs apply configuration changes 180 seconds after the last received switch configuration message. When the configuration
is applied on the Mesh AAP, the radios shutdown and re-initialize (this process takes less than 2 seconds), forcing associated MUs to
be deauthenticated and the Mesh link will go down. MUs are able to quickly associate, but the Mesh link will need to be re-established
before MUs can pass traffic. This typically takes about 90 to 180 seconds depending on the size of the mesh topology
NOTE
B.1.12.1 Configuring Adaptive AP Mesh
To configure mesh support for Adaptive AP:
1. Go to Network>
2. Uncheck the Adopt Unconfigured Radios Automatically
new APs when they are connected to the switch.
3. Configure the client bridge back haul WLAN, base bridge and client bridge radios on the switch using the Command
Line Interface (CLI) commands listed below.
Client Bridge Back Haul WLAN Configuration:
RFS7000(config-wireless)#wlan 1 enable
RFS7000(config-wireless)#wlan 1 ssid meshWlan
RFS7000(config-wireless)#wlan 1 independent
RFS7000(config-wireless)#wlan 1 client-bridge-backhaul enable
Base Bridge Radio Configuration: (AP5131 that is wired to the switch)
RFS7000(config-wireless)#radio add 1 "base bridge radio mac" 11bg aap51x1
RFS7000(config-wireless)#radio add 2 "base bridge radio mac" 11a aap51x1
RFS7000(config-wireless)#radio 1 base-bridge enable
RFS7000(config-wireless)#radio 1 bss 1 1
(map the mesh WLAN if manual mapping is enabled, not needed otherwise)
When mesh is used with AAPs, the "ap-timeout" value needs to be set to a higher
value (for example, 180 seconds) so Mesh AAPs remain adopted to the switch
during the period when the configuration is applied and mesh links are re-
established.
Access Port Radios and click on the Global Settings button.
option to prevent the switch from automatically adopting
.