Mesh WLAN Services

In a traditional WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) deployment, each radio of the AP can interact with the client devices on a maximum of eight networks.

In Mesh deployment, one of the radios of every Mesh AP establishes a Mesh link on an exclusive WLAN Service. The Mesh AP is therefore limited to seven network WLAN Services on the Mesh radio. The other radio can interact with the client-devices on a maximum of eight WLAN Services.

The WLAN Service on which the APs establish the Mesh link is called the Mesh WLAN Service.

A Mesh can be setup either by using either a single Mesh WLAN Service or multiple Mesh WLAN Services. The following figures illustrate the point.

In Deployment Example:

• The rectangular enclosure denotes an office building.
• The four wireless APs — Minoru, Yosemite, Bjorn and Lancaster — are within the confines of the building and are connected to the wired network.
• The space around the office building is a warehouse.
• The solid arrows point towards Current Parents.
• The dotted arrows point towards Alternative Parents.

Deployment Example