Network Segmentation; Cisco Indoor Mesh Access Points - Cisco Mesh Access Points Deployment Manual

Cisco mesh access points, design and deployment guide, release 7.3

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Network Segmentation

Membership to the wireless LAN mesh network for mesh access points is controlled by the bridge group

names (BGNs). Mesh access points can be placed in similar bridge groups to manage membership or provide

network segmentation.

Cisco Indoor Mesh Access Points

Indoor mesh is available on the following access points:

• 802.11a/b/g

• 802.11n

• 802.11n+CleanAir

Note

For more information about controller software support for access points, see the Cisco Wireless Solutions

Software Compatibility Matrix at

Wireless_Software_Compatibility_Matrix.html.

Enterprise 11n mesh is an enhancement added to the CUWN feature to work with the 802.11n access points.

Enterprise 11n mesh features are compatible with non-802.11n mesh but adds higher backhaul and client

access speeds. The 802.11n indoor access points are two-radio Wi-Fi infrastructure devices for select indoor

deployments. One radio can be used for local (client) access for the access point and the other radio can be

configured for wireless backhaul. The backhaul is supported only on the 5-GHz radio. Enterprise 11n mesh

supports P2P, P2MP, and mesh types of architectures.

You have a choice of ordering indoor access points directly into the bridge mode, so that these access points

can be used directly as mesh access points. If you have these access points in a local mode (nonmesh), then

you have to connect these access points to the controller and change the AP mode to the bridge mode (mesh).

This scenario can become cumbersome particularly if the volume of the access points being deployed is large

and if the access points are already deployed in the local mode for a traditional nonmesh wireless coverage.

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