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Deployment Guide 169
EXAMPLE 2: DEPLOYING A HIVE
7. To check that the hive members have full data connectivity with each other, associate a client in wireless
network-1 with HiveAP-1 (the SSID "employee" is already defined on clients in wireless network-1; see
"Deploying a Single HiveAP"). Then check if HiveAP-1 forwards the client’s MAC address to the others to store in
their roaming caches.
This MAC address is for the
wireless adapter of the client
(or “supplicant”) associated
with the SSID “employee”.
This MAC address is for the wifi0.1
subinterface of HiveAP-1, the HiveAP
with which the wireless client associated.
This is the same MAC address
for the client (station) that you
saw listed on HiveAP-1.
After associating a wireless client with HiveAP-1, log in to
HiveAP-1 and enter this command:
When you see the MAC address of the wireless client that is associated with HiveAP-1 in the roaming
cache of HiveAP-2, you know that HiveAP-1 and -2 are successfully sending data over the backhaul link.
Repeat this to confirm that HiveAP-3 also has a backhaul connection with the other members.
Then log in to HiveAP-2 and enter this command:
HiveAP-1
HiveAP-2
show roaming cache
Roaming Cache Table:
UID=User profile group ID; PMK=Pairwise Master Key;
TLC=PMK Time Left in Cache; Life=PMK Life; A=authenticated; L= CWP Logged In
Roaming for this HiveAP: enabled
Maximum Caching Time: 3600 seconds
Caching update interval: 60 seconds
Caching update times: 60
Roaming hops: 1
SSID employee:
Maximum Caching Time: 3600 seconds
Caching update interval: 60 seconds
Caching update times: 60
No. Supplicant Authenticator UID PMK PMKID Life Age TLC Hop AL
--- -------------- -------------- --- ----- ----- ---- ----- --- --- --
0 0016:cf8c:57bc 0019:7700:0024 0 1349* 1615* -1 46 195 1 YN
show ss
id employee station
Chan=channel number; Pow=Power in dBm;
A-Mode=Authentication mode; Cipher=Encryption mode;
A-Time=Associated time; Auth=Authenticated;
UPID=User profile Identifier; Phymode=Physical mode;
Mac Addr IP Addr Chan Tx Rate Rx Rate Pow A-Mode Cipher A-Time VLAN Auth UPID Phymode
-------------- ---------- ---- ------- ------- --- -------- ------- -------- ---- ---- ---- -------
0016:cf8c:57bc 10.1.1.73 1 54M 54M -40 wpa2-psk aes ccm 00:01:46 1 Yes 0 11b/g
Total station
count: 1
Note: On HiveAPs supporting IEEE 802.11n, there are
two additional columns for SM-PS (spatial multiplexing
power save) and channel width (20 or 40 MHz). The
SM-PS states can be “static” (use one data stream for
11a/b/g clients), “dynamic” (use multiple spatial streams
for 11n clients when the HiveAP sends an RTS frame),
or “disabled” (always use spatial streams for 11n clients).