User Manual Part 3

AP-51xx Access Point Product Reference Guide
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22. The IT team selects Network Configuration -> Wireless -> Radio Configuration from
the AP-5131 menu tree.
The Radio Configuration screen displays.
23. For both AP5 and AP6, the IT Team enables Radio 1 and defines the radio as a client bridge.
24. For both AP5 and AP6, the IT Team uses the Mesh Network Name drop-down menu to
assign the “trion mesh” WLAN to radio 1.
25. As with APs 1-4, the IT Team decides to not select the Advanced button within the WLAP
Client Bridge Settings field.
26. The Trion IT Team clicks Apply within both the AP5 and AP6 Radio Configuration screens to
complete the mesh network configuration of each AP5 and AP6 radio.
For the foreseeable future, the Trion Enterprises’ mesh network will consist of APs 1-6. AP1
remains the root bridge in the mesh network. If the physical radio coverage area
requirements of the mesh network were to grow, AP5 and AP6 would have to be changed
from client bridges to repeaters to associate with the new APs required to extent the
coverage area. But for now, the 802.11a radio of both AP5 and AP6 can remain defined as a
client bridge to support the outer fringes of the Trion Enterprises shipping yard.