A Transparent Bridge enables you to
expand the wireless network by interconnecting the wireless APs through wireless
links in addition to the traditional method of interconnecting APs via a wired
network. A Transparent Bridge deployment is ideally suited for locations where
installing Ethernet cabling is too expensive or physically impossible. Transparent
Bridge:
Enables connectivity over a
mesh network without requiring policy enforcement.
Carries VLAN tagged traffic
between two areas of connection: trunk ingress-trunk egress.
Typically used for
point-to-point links.
To configure Transparent Bridge:
Configure a Mesh Point
Network.
Configure two device groups:
One device group for the Root AP and one device group for non-root APs.
From the non-root AP device
group, configure the GE2 Port Function:
Select Advanced to view Advanced Profile settings.
From the GE2 Port
Function field, select Bridge.
Configure
Transparent Bridge from Device Group Configuration Profile
Note
Transparent
Bridge provides a mesh link between two sites without requiring policy
enforcement per device. Network policy and VLAN are not configured, and
the GE2
Port field on the device group configuration Profile
Networks tab is not displayed.
The ETH1/GE2 Bridge port is not supported on access points with a
single Ethernet port.
You can configure Transparent Bridge for all APs in a device group and you can
override settings for one or more individual APs from the AP Advance
Settings > Override dialog.
