Motorola AP-51XX User Manual

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AP-51xx Access Point Product Reference Guide

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12. Highlight a MAC address from the Preferred Base Bridge List and click the

Up

button to

assign that device’s MAC address a higher priority and a greater likelihood of joining the
mesh network if an association with another device is lost.

If a MAC address is not desirable as others but still worthy of being on the preferred list,
select it, and click the

Down

button to decrease its likelihood of being selected as a member

of the mesh network.

13. If a device MAC address is on the Preferred Base Bridge List and constitutes a threat as a

potential member of the mesh network (poor RSSI etc.), select it and click the

Remove

button to exclude it from the preferred list.

If all of the members of the Preferred Base Bridge List constitute a risk as a member of the
mesh network, click the

Remove All

button. This is not recommended unless the preferred

list can be re-populated with more desirable device MAC addresses from the Available Base
Bridge List.

14. Click

Ok

to return to the Radio Configuration screen. Within the Radio Configuration screen,

click

Apply

to save any changes made within the Advanced Client Bridge Settings screen.

15. Click

Cancel

to undo any changes made within the Advanced Client Bridge Settings screen.

This reverts all settings for the screen to the last saved configuration.

16. If using a dual-radio model access point, refer to the

Mesh Timeout

drop-down menu (from

within the Radio Configuration screen) to define whether one of the access point’s radio’s
beacons on an existing WLAN or if a client bridge radio uses an uplink connection. The Mesh
Timeout value is not available on a single-radio access point, since the radio would have to
stop beaconing and go into scan mode to determine if a base bridge uplink is lost. The
following drop-down menu options are available:

Disabled

When disabled, both radios are up at boot time and beaconing. If
one radio (radio 1) does not have a mesh connection, the other
radio (radio 2) is not affected. Radio 2 continues to beacon and
associate MUs, but MU's can only communicate amongst
themselves using the access point. Disabled is the default value.

Upload Detect

When Uplink Detect is selected, the access point only boots up the
radio configured as a client bridge. The access point boots up the
second radio as soon as the first mesh connection is established.
However, if the client bridge radio loses its uplink connection, the
second radio shuts down immediately.

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