User's Guide

AirTight Management Console User Guide
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2.
Go to Configuration>Device Configuration>SSID Profiles>Mesh Profiles.
3.
Configure a mesh profile. Refer to the Add Mesh Profile given below for adding a mesh profiles.
4. Go to Configuration>Device Configuration>Device Template.
5.
Define a device template for the AirTight device models that are to function as mesh APs. Refer to
Manage Device Templates
for details. Remember to enable the device-specific configuration for this
device template. Ensure that the channel on which the mesh APs are to communicate with each other
is the same for all the AirTight device models that are a part of the wireless mesh network. You must
select the channel manually.
6. Go to Radio Settings under Device Template. Select the mesh profile configured in one of the
previous steps mentioned in this procedure.
7.
Configure other device template details and click Save to save the device template.
8.
Connect all the AirTight devices that are to function as mesh APs to the wired network. You must
connect all Airtight devices irrespective of whether they are root or non-root APs.
9.
Apply the device template to all the devices that are to function as mesh APs.
10.
Disconnect the non-root APs from the wired network. Keep the root APs connected to the wired
network.
11.
Go to Devices>AirTight Devices. Specify the root AP or APs in the wireless mesh network. For
further details on specifying the root and non-root APs, refer to Override Device Template Settings
section. You are done with configuring the mesh network.
Add Mesh Profile
IMPORTANT!:Configuration of mesh profile on both radios is not supported. Configuration of mesh profile
on one radio and WIPS mode on another radio of an AirTight device is not supported. DFS channels are
not available when you manually select channels on the radio on which mesh profile is configured.
To add a mesh profile, do the following.
1.
Go to Configuration>Device Configuration>SSID Profiles>Mesh Profiles.
2.
Select a location from the location tree. A list of mesh profiles available at the location, if any, is seen
in Mesh Profiles.
3.
Click Add New Mesh Profile.
4.
Specify the mesh profile parameters.
Field
Description
Profile Name
Name of the mesh profile.
SSID
SSID of the mesh profile. This is the network name of the
mesh network.
Max Hop Count
Maximum number of hops in which the wired network can be
reached. For instance, the number of hops for a root AP would
be 0 as it is directly connected to the wired network. Similarly,
the hops for a non
-root AP directly communicating with the
root AP it is 1.
Max downlinks
Maximum number of mesh APs that can directly connect to a
non
-root or root AP in the mesh network. This indicates the
maximum number of child nodes that a parent node can have
in the mesh tree topology. You can enter a value between 0
and 5.
Min RSSI
Minimum RSSI for an AP to connect to another AP in the
mesh. An AP requesting to connect to another AP should
have the specified RSSI to be able to connect to the other AP.
You can enter a value between -100 and 0 dbm.
5.
Click Save to save the newly added mesh profile.