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Fortress ES-Series CLI Guide: Networking and Radio Configuration
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3.11.3.0.2 FP Mesh Core interfaces must be VLAN trunk ports.
The requirement that only VLAN trunk ports can serve as FP
Mesh Core interfaces is enforced for wireless interfaces: The
same setting that configures a radio BSS to provide wireless
bridging also controls whether it will serve as an FP Mesh Core
or Access interface. Bridging interfaces are FP Mesh Core
interfaces by definition. Therefore, if the
Meshif setting is
core
,
the interface’s VLAN
SwitchingMode must be
Trunk
(refer to
Section 3.2.2).
3.11.3.0.3 FP Mesh multicast group subscriptions must specify a VLAN.
In addition to the interface and MAC/IP address of the multicast
group, each multicast group subscription on the Mesh Point
must specify by VLAN ID the correct VLAN to use for multicast
traffic (refer to Section 3.2.2).
3.11.3.0.4 FP Mesh NMPs are provided internal DHCP and DNS services
only in the management VLAN.
The DHCP and DNS services internal to the Mesh Point and
provided virtually configuration-free for Non-Mesh Points in
FastPath Mesh deployments (refer to Section 3.2.2) are
available only in the management VLAN (described in Section
3.11.1). An NMP that is not in the management VLAN will not
be able to use these services. For example, an NMP attached
to a VLAN access port whose default VLAN is not the
management VLAN will not be able to use these services.
3.12 ES210 Mesh Point Serial Port Settings
The serial port on the front panel of the ES210 Mesh Point is
configured by default to be used for
Console port access to the
Mesh Point CLI.
On the ES210 Mesh Point, you can reconfigure the serial port
to instead connect the Mesh Point to an external third-party
Serial Sensor, or another serial device.
When the Serial Sensor is
Enabled
, the serial port behaves like
a serial terminal server, passing data between the specified
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) port and the device
connected to the serial port. Serial data can be accessed using
telnet ip_addr tcp_port, with no options.
Only one TCP connection at a time is permitted to the Serial
Sensor TCP port. The ES210 Mesh Point can send data from
and to the connected serial device over any of the Mesh Point’s
wired or wireless interfaces, under the security provisions
configured for the interface and on the Mesh Point overall.