Design Guide

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Cisco Aironet 1520, 1130, 1240 Series Wireless Mesh Access Points, Design and Deployment Guide, Release 6.0
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Contents
Wireless Propagation Characteristics 50
Wireless Mesh Mobility Groups 51
Increasing Mesh Availability 51
Indoor WLAN Network to Outdoor Mesh 53
Connecting the Cisco 1520 Series Mesh Access Point to Your Network 53
Upgrading to Release 6.0 54
Mesh and Mainstream Releases on the Controller 54
Software Upgrade Procedure 55
Adding Mesh Access Points to the Mesh Network 57
Adding MAC Addresses of Mesh Access Points to MAC Filter 58
Defining Mesh Access Point Role 60
Verifying Layer 3 Configuration 61
Configuring Multiple Controllers Using DHCP 43 and DHCP 60 62
Configuring External Authentication and Authorization Using a RADIUS Server 68
Configuring Global Mesh Parameters 71
Configuring Local Mesh Parameters 77
Configuring Advanced Features 97
Configuring Ethernet VLAN Tagging 98
Client Roaming 106
Configuring Voice Parameters in Indoor Mesh Networks 107
Voice Call Support in a Mesh Network 113
Enabling Mesh Multicast Containment for Video 118
IGMP Snooping 119
Checking the Health of the Network 120
Show Mesh Commands 120
Viewing Mesh Statistics for a Mesh Access Point 125
Using the GUI to View Mesh Statistics for a Mesh Access Point 125
Using the CLI to View Mesh Statistics for an Mesh Access Point 129
Viewing Neighbor Statistics for an Mesh Access Point 130
Using the GUI to View Neighbor Statistics for a Mesh Access Point 130
Using the CLI to View Neighbor Statistics for a Mesh Access Point 133
Troubleshooting 134
Installation and Connections 134
Debug Commands 135
Remote Debug Commands 136
AP Console Access 136
Mesh Access Point CLI Commands 137
Mesh Access Point Debug Commands 138
Mesh Access Point Roles 138