Deployment Guide

Deploying Client Bridge
Deployment Strategy on page 176
AP Client Bridge on page 176
Configure Client Bridge on page 178
Deployment Strategy
The following strategy outlines how to configure an AP radio as a client bridge to Extreme Campus
Controller allowing the bridge AP to roam, functioning as a client of the root (infrastructure) AP. This
enables end-system clients to roam while continuing to be connected to the infrastructure through the
wireless network.
Related Topics
AP Client Bridge on page 176
Configure Client Bridge on page 178
AP Client Bridge
AP Client Bridge topology extends a wired LAN using a wireless network. The Client Bridge can be used
to tunnel network trac to Extreme Campus Controller, enabling connectivity for wired devices that are
moved around a facility. For example, a medical device that is moved between rooms can maintain
connectivity to Extreme Campus Controller through an AP radio configured as the uplink. The medical
device moves with the Client Bridge AP, the two devices can be connected through the GE2 wired port
or through a wireless connection.
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.
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