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AP-51xx Access Point Product Reference Guide

If the Client Bridge checkbox has been selected, use the

menu to select the WLAN (ESS) the client bridge uses to establish a wireless link. The

default setting, is (WLAN1). Motorola recommends creating (and naming) a WLAN

specifically for mesh networking support to differentiate the Mesh supported WLAN from

non-Mesh supported WLANs. For more information, see

Networking Support on page 9-9

Once the settings within the Radio Configuration screen are applied (for an initial

deployment), the current number of base bridges visible to the radio displays within the

values update in real-time.

NOTE Ensure you have verified the radio configuration for both Radio 1 and

6. Click the

connection links.

7. Select the

used by the client bridge to populate the mesh network. Selecting this checkbox prohibits

field, and the number of base bridges currently connected to the radio displays

BBs Connected

field. If this is an existing radio within a mesh network, these

Radio 2 before saving the existing settings and exiting the Radio

Configuration screen.v

button to define a prioritized list of access points to define mesh

Automatic Link Selection

Mesh Network Name

Configuring a WLAN for Mesh

checkbox to allow the access point to select the links