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Wireless Peer-to-Peer Qos Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Prioritize Peer-to-Peer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Peer-to-Peer Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
802.11n Video Service Module (ViSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Implementing ViSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Configuring Call Admission Control and Load Balancing with the CLI . . 258
Chapter 16 Wireless Backbones With Enterprise Mesh . . . . . . . . . .259
Enterprise Mesh Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Gateway APs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Intermediate APs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Leaf APs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Equipment Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Installing and Configuring an Enterprise Mesh System . . . . . . . . . 262
Determine Antenna Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Installing the Meru Networks Enterprise Mesh . . . . . . . . . . 262
Phase 1: Connect Controller and APs with an Ethernet Switch . . . 263
Phase 2: Configure the APs for Enterprise Mesh . . . . . . . . 263
Phase 3: Remove the Cables and Deploy the APs . . . . . . . . 267
Enterprise Mesh Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Problem-Solution Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Troubleshooting via Console-over-Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Accessing Wireless AP via Console-over-Wireless Example . . . . . 270
Chapter 17 Configuring SNMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
SNMP Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
MIB Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Download the MIB Tables for Management Applications . . . . . 276
SNMP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
SNMP Community Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Trap Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
SNMP Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Objects That Monitor System Status Through SNMP/OID. . . . . . . 281
Agent Contact and Location Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Configure SNMP Service on a Meru Controller With the CLI . . . . . . 282
Configure SNMP Service on a Meru Controller With the Web UI . . . . 282
Set up 3rd Party Vendors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Enabling, Disabling, and Reloading SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
SNMP Version 3 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Security Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Security Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Combinations of Security Levels and Security Models . . . . . . 284
SNMP Version 3 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
SNMP Version 3 Support Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Chapter 18 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
Where Do I Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287