DescriptionHow to build WDS (Wireless Distribution System) using Wireless Mesh feature?
ScopeKB ARTICLE TYPE:
Configuration
RELATED PRODUCTS: Controller, AP (AP 150
for parent AP and Wireless AP, AP 208 for wireless
AP)
RELATED
SOFTWARE VERSIONS: 3.5 and
above
KEYWORDS: Controller, WDS MAC,
MESH
SolutionCONFIGURATION
STEPS:
1.
Configure AP 150 as gateway AP and save it. Please note that AP will
reboot after this change.
2. After the reboot, use
“show ap-topology” command to see the MAC address of
gateway AP. If it’s online at least once you will not see the
WDS MAC.
3. Use this WDS MAC for the 5GHz channel to be the
Parent MAC address on the next hop of wireless AP.
4. As long
as the wireless AP is configured on the correct channel and have the
correct Parent MAC, it should connect come online then you can use the
“show ap-topology” command again to get that WDS MAC
for the next hop.
And/or you can use this
formula to pre-builds as
well.
TIPS:To build a MESH network where you are not able
to get everything online on the controller first, you can build it by
starting from the root and using the backhaul MAC to point to every
successive parent
AP.
