User's Guide

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The deployment includes one or more infrastructure APs. After provisioning, the Client AP connects to

normal infrastructure services. The infrastructure AP is essentially any AP deployed for standard service

oering. The infrastructure APs communicate with the Extreme Campus Controller supporting the usual

trac ﬂow. The Client Bridge AP roams like a wireless client, supporting background scanning to

determine available infrastructure APs, Fast Roaming (11r), and Fast Client Handover to the

infrastructure AP. The Client Bridge AP associates on the infrastructure AP SSID (using network

credentials) establishing a Client Bridge link with the infrastructure. Manage the Client Bridge AP and its

end-system clients from Extreme Campus Controller. Client statistics that are tunneled through the

Client Bridge are visible from the Extreme Campus Controller Dashboard.

To get started, conﬁgure the Client Bridge settings on Extreme Campus Controller. Conﬁgure the Client

Bridge from the conﬁguration Proﬁle. The Bridge AP is a member of a device group that references a

Proﬁle conﬁgured for Client Bridge.

Deﬁne Client Bridge from the Radios tab within the conﬁguration Proﬁle. Only one radio can be

conﬁgured as a Client Bridge. This can be either radio. Regardless of which radio is conﬁgured as the

Client Bridge, both radios will continue to provide service. All ExtremeWireless 11ax APs are supported,

provided that the AP operational mode is conﬁgured for a Centralized site. Both the Client Bridge AP

and the infrastructure AP must be an 11ax AP model: AP3xx, AP4xx, and AP5xx or the AP410C or

AP460C.

Note

AP39xx access points are not supported.

Note

For Extreme Campus Controller deployments with network policy assignment for proper end-

system visibility, the Client Bridge AP must be in a Centralized Site (Campus mode) and must

be managed by Extreme Campus Controller.

Wired and wireless clients can be managed by Client Bridge. Client trac can be forwarded on any of

the following supported topologies: Bridged@AP, Bridged@AC, Fabric Attach, and VxLAN. A wired

client refers to a device that has direct wired connectivity to the client port (GE2) of the AP. This can be

a direct connection into the AP's port or connected through a small-port switch. The wired client port

supports up to 128 simultaneous client sessions.

Note

• ExtremeWireless Wi-Fi 6 access points do not provide POE to connected clients.

• Ports on the Universal APs are labeled with the preﬁx ETH.

• When Client Bridge is conﬁgured on a single interface AP, the single interface is used as

the client port, not as an uplink, and you will not see the GE2 Port Function.

Network policy is applied to both wired and wireless clients in the same way. The network policy is

enforced on the Client Bridge AP before the network trac is forwarded. All conﬁguration updates are

pushed to the Client Bridge AP before being applied to the infrastructure AP.

Welcome to Extreme Campus Controller

AP Client Bridge

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