Symbol Technologies AP-5131 User Manual

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Configuring Mesh Networking

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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.

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