User's Manual

Fortress ES-Series CLI Guide: Networking and Radio Configuration
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Compare your Mesh Point’s model number to Table 3.1 above
to determine the number of and type of radio(s) with which the
Mesh Point you are configuring is equipped. Use
show device
(refer to Section 6.1) to view the model number and other
system information.
NOTE: ES210 Mesh
Point BSS and STA
functions are mutually
exclusive.
Each radio installed in a Fortress Mesh Point can be configured
with up to four BSSs, which can serve either as bridging
interfaces networked with other Fortress Mesh Points or as
access interfaces for connecting wireless client devices. A
maximum total of eight bridging-enabled BSSs can be present
on multi-radio Mesh Points: a hardware constraint in dual radio
models, but a maximum that must be user-imposed on a four-
radio ES2440. Refer to Section 3.4.9 for details on radio BSS
configuration.
When ES820-35, ES2440-35, ES2440-3555 and ES2440-3444
model Mesh Points are enabled for FastPath Mesh bridging,
their internal radios can instead be configured, in twos or
threes (depending on the model), to use a single channel and
act as a single virtual bridging radio with improved coverage
and/or mobility.
Alternatively, an ES210 Mesh Point can be dedicated to act as
a wireless client by configuring a single station (STA) interface
on its single internal radio. Refer to Section 3.4.11 for details on
radio STA configuration.
3.3.1 Country Code and Regulatory Authorities
The available and default Country Code depends on the area
license in effect on the Mesh Point:
 United States (US) - is the only available Country Code
when the Mesh Point is licensed to operate in the United
States, the default.
 Public Safety (PS) - is the only available Country Code
when the Mesh Point is licensed to operate in the 4.9 GHz
frequency band, reserved for official public safety
transmission in the United States.
 Argentina (AR) - is the default Country Code when the
Mesh Point is licensed to operate outside of the United
States: a
World area license permits you to select from a
list of 123 countries, excluding the
United States and
Public Safety
Country Codes described above.
Refer to Section 5.6 for information on obtaining a new
area
license and installing it on the Mesh Point.
To allocate bandwidth and prevent interference, radio
transmission is a regulated activity, and different regulatory
authorities specify hardware configurations and restrict the
b. Channel Sharing, combining multiple radios in a virtual bridging radio, option available with FastPath Mesh.