Wireless Controller and Service Platform System Reference Guide

Click Add to create a new mesh point or click Edit to modify an existing configuration. If necessary, existing configurations can be selected and permanently removed by clicking Delete.

Apply Mesh Connex Policy to the AP. Until a viable name is provided, the Settings tab remains disabled.

Note

If an appropriate policy is unavailable, click the Create icon to create a new Mesh Connex Policy or click the Edit icon to edit an existing policy. For more information on creating or editing a Mesh Connex Policy, see MeshConnex Policies.

Set the following General parameters:


MeshConnex Policy	If adding a new policy, specify a name for the MeshConnex Policy. The name cannot be edited later with other configuration parameters. Until a viable name is provided, the Settings tab cannot be enabled for configuration.
Is Root	Select the root behavior of this mesh point. Select True to indicate this mesh point is a root node for this mesh network. Select False to indicate this mesh point is not a root node for this mesh network.
Root Selection Method	Use the drop-down menu to determine whether this meshpoint is the root or non-root meshpoint.
Set as Cost Root	Select this option to set the mesh point as the cost root for meshpoint root selection. This setting is disabled by default.
Monitor Critical Resources	Enable this feature to allow dynamic conversion of a mesh point from root to non-root when there is a critical resource failure. This option is disabled by default.
Monitor Primary Port Link	Enable this feature to allow dynamic conversion of a mesh point from root to non-root during a link down event. This option is disabled by default.
Wired Peer Excluded	Select this option to exclude a mesh from forming a link with another mesh device that's a wired peer. This option is disabled by default.
Path Method	Select the root path selection method used in the mesh network. Available options include: None – Select this to indicate no criteria used in root path selection. uniform – The path selection method is uniform (two paths are considered equivalent if the average value is the same for these paths). mobile-snr-leaf – The access point is mounted on a vehicle or a mobile platform. The path to the route is selected based on the Signal To Noise Ratio (SNR) with the neighbor device. snr-leaf – The path with the best signal to noise ratio is always selected. bound-pair – This option binds one mesh point connection at a time. Once established, other mesh point connection requests are denied.

Note

When using 4.9GHz, the root preferences selection for the radio's preferred interface still displays as 5GHz.

Set the following Root Path Preferences:


Preferred Neighbor	Specify the MAC address of a preferred neighbor within the mesh topology.
Preferred Root	Specify the MAC address of a preferred root device.
Preferred Interface	Use the drop-down menu to set the preferred mesh point interface to either 2.4GHz, 4.9GHz or 5.0GHz.

Set the following Root Method Hysteresis:


Minimum Threshold	Enter the minimum value for SNR above which a candidate for the next hop in a dynamic mesh network is considered for selection. This field along with Signal Strength Delta and Sustained Time Period are used to dynamically select the next hop in a dynamic mesh network.
Signal Strength Delta	Enter a delta value in dB. A candidate for selection as a next hop in a dynamic mesh network must have a SNR value that is higher than the value configured here. This field along with the Minimum Threshold and Sustained Time Period are used to dynamically select the next hop in a dynamic mesh network.
Sustained Time Period	Enter the duration (in seconds or minutes) for the duration a signal must sustain the constraints specified in the Minimum Threshold and Signal Strength Delta path hysteresis values. These values are used to dynamically select the next hop in a dynamic mesh network.
Root selection SNR Delta Range	Select the root selection method hysteresis (from 1 - 100dB) Root Selection Delta Range. The device must sustain a signal strength within the delta range to be considered a candidate. The default setting is 10 dB.

Select OK to save the updates.

Select Reset to revert to the last saved configuration.

Configure MeshPoint Device Basic Settings

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