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80 | Mesh OAW-IAP Configuration AOS-W Instant 6.3.1.1-4.0 | User Guide

The mesh portal reboots after 5 minutes when it loses its uplink connectivity to a wired network.

Mesh Points

The mesh point establishes an all-wireless path to the mesh portal. The mesh point provides traditional WLAN

services such as client connectivity, intrusion detection system (IDS) capabilities, user role association, and Quality

of Service (QoS) for LAN-to-mesh communication to clients and performs mesh backhaul/network connectivity.

Mesh point also supports LAN bridging. You can connect any wired device to the downlink port of the mesh point. In

the case of single Ethernet port platforms such as AP-93 and AP-105, you can convert the Eth0 uplink port to a

downlink port by enabling Eth0 Bridging. For additional information, see Configuring Wired Bridging on Ethernet 0 on

page 107.

Setting up AOS-W Instant Mesh Network

AOS-W Instant mesh can be provisioned in two ways:

l Over-the-air provisioning

l Over-the-wire provisioning

Over-the-air provisioning is available when only one OAW-IAP mesh network is being advertised. The OAW-IAP-

ROW must have a the country code set to transmit or receive; therefore, over-the-air provisioning is not supported by

the OAW-IAP-ROW variants.

To set up a mesh network:

1. Connect all the OAW-IAPs to a DHCP server, so that the OAW-IAPs get their IP addresses in the same subnet.

2. For over-the-air provisioning — Connect one OAW-IAP to the switch to form the mesh portal. Ensure that only one

Virtual Controller (one subnet) is available over-the-air and all the OAW-IAPs are connected to a DHCP server

and get their IP addresses in the same subnet.

The OAW-IAP mesh point gets an IP address from the same DHCP pool as the portal, and the DHCP request goes

through the portal.

3. Ensure that an open SSID, instant is listed. Connect a laptop to the default (instant) SSID.

4. Type http://instant.alcatel-lucentnetworks.com in a browser.

5. Click I understand the risks and Add exception to ignore the certificate warnings.

6. In the login window, enter the following credentials:

l Username— admin

l Password— admin

7. Create a new SSID and wpa-2 personal keys with unrestricted or network based access rules. Select any

permit for basic connectivity.

8. Connect a client to the new SSID and disconnect from the instant SSID. All the OAW-IAPs show up on the

Virtual Controller.

Disconnect the OAW-IAPs that you want to deploy as Mesh Points from the switch and place the OAW-IAPs at the

desired location. The OAW-IAPs with valid uplink connections function as the mesh portal.

The OAW-IAPs in US, JP, or IL regulatory domain which are in factory default state scan for several minutes after

booting. An OAW-IAP mesh point in factory default state automatically joins the portal only if a single Instant mesh

network is found. You can also enable the auto-join feature in the existing network to allow mesh points to

automatically join the network.

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