Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- About Extreme Campus Controller Deployment
- Configuring DHCP, NPS, and DNS Services
- Centralized Site with a Captive Portal
- Centralized Site with AAA Network
- Deploying a Mesh Network
- Configuring an External NAC Server for MBA and AAA Authentication
- Manage RADIUS Servers for User Authentication
- External Captive Portal on a Third-Party Server
- Access Control Rule Admin Portal Access
- Deploying Centralized Web Authentication
- Deploying ExtremeCloud IQ - SE as an External Captive Portal
- Deployment Strategy
- Configuring an External Captive Portal Network
- Editing the Configuration Profile for Network and Roles
- Extreme Campus Controller Default Pass-Through Rule
- Adding Extreme Campus Controller as a Switch to ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine
- Editing the Unregistered Policy on ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine
- Editing the ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine Profile for Policy and Location-Based Services
- Deploying an ExtremeGuest Captive Portal
- Deploying Client Bridge
- Deploying an Availability Pair
- Deploying Universal APs
- Extreme Campus Controller Pair with ExtremeLocation and AirDefense
- ECP Local Authentication
- PHP External Captive Portal, Controller’s Firewall Friendly API
- Index
Table 8: Mesh Device Settings (continued)
AP Model Option AP Behavior
Radio Settings
Note: Dual-band support is available with Mesh
Point. When one radio is configured for Mesh
Point, both radios can provide service.
Radio settings for the root-AP and non-root APs
must match.
• AP3xx
• AP4xx
• AP5xx
Channel Width Represents the desired channel width. The
channel width is set for all APs in a device group.
Available options include:
• Auto – Channel width is calculated
automatically by the AP. It is displayed in the
user interface for informational purposes only.
• AP3xx
• AP4xx
• AP5xx
Channel Plan Non-root APs are configured with Mesh ACS
(Automatic Channel Selection). This allows the
non-root AP to follow the channel and width of
the uplink AP. The non-root AP scans channels to
find the best path to a root AP. Preferred Root and
Preferred Neighbor settings influence the path to
the root AP.
Note: Upon upgrade from earlier revisions of
Extreme Campus Controller, non-root APs in a
mesh network are converted to Mesh ACS to
determine the best channel.
Note: Path Minimum and Path Threshold are settings that refer to values in the Mesh Route Table. They
are metric values determined by an algorithm that indicate when ACS scans for a better mesh point
radio channel.
The best route path algorithm includes elements such as hop count, data rates, RSSI, and loss rate. A
perfect score is 1179.
• AP3xx
• AP4xx
• AP5xx
Path Minimum The minimum root path metric value is used to
evaluate the channel during the Mesh ACS scan
process. Only the mesh point with a root path
metric less than the minimum root path is
considered a candidate mesh point that can hop
to the mesh point root.
Valid values are 100-20000. Default value is 1000.
The lower metric value indicates a better quality
mesh link to the root.
• AP3xx
• AP4xx
• AP5xx
Path Threshold The maximum root path metric value that
determines when to evaluate the mesh point radio
channel for a better path to the gateway. When
the current path metric value exceeds this
threshold, an ACS scan is triggered on the mesh
point. Valid values are 800-65535. Default value is
1500. Setting this value below 1500 will result in
more frequent channel scans.
Deploying a Mesh Network Edit Mesh Device Settings
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