Configuring Mesh Range (Cli) - Cisco Mesh Access Points Deployment Manual

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

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of your MAPs are not using VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP). VTP can reconfigure the trunked VLANs across

your mesh and possibly cause a loss in connection for your RAP to its primary WLC. An incorrect configuration

can take down your mesh deployment.

Figure 23: Point-to-Point Bridging Example

For security reasons the Ethernet port on the MAPs is disabled by default. It can be enabled only by configuring

Ethernet bridging on the Root and the respective MAPs. To enable Ethernet bridging using the controller

GUI, choose Wireless > All APs > Details for the AP page, click the Mesh tab, and then select the Ethernet

Bridging check box.

Ethernet bridging has to be enabled for the following two scenarios:

When you want to use the mesh nodes as bridges.

When you want to connect Ethernet devices such as a video camera on the MAP using its Ethernet port.

Ensure that you enable Ethernet bridging for every parent mesh AP taking the path from the mesh AP in

question to the controller. For example, if you enable Ethernet bridging on MAP2 in Hop 2, then you must

also enable Ethernet bridging on MAP1 (parent MAP), and on the RAP connecting to the controller.

To configure range parameters for longer links, choose Wireless > Mesh. Optimum distance (in feet) should

exist between the root access point (RAP) and the farthest mesh access point (MAP). Range from the RAP

bridge to the MAP bridge has to be mentioned in feet.

The following global parameter applies to all mesh access points when they join the controller and all existing

mesh access points in the network:

Range: 150 to 132,000 feet

Default: 12,000 feet