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Chapter 10 - Local Mesh
10.4 Configuration Considerations
10.4.1 Simultaneous AP and Local Mesh
A radio can be configured to simultaneously support wireless clients and the creation of one or more
local meshes. Although this offers flexibility it does have several limitations as follows:
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It reduces overall throughput since the total available bandwidth is shared between the local
meshes and wireless users.
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It limits you to using the same radio options for both wireless clients and local meshes.
10.4.2 Maximum Range
The Maximum range setting on the Wireless > Radio(s) page can be used to fine tune internal
timeout settings to account for the distance that a local mesh link spans. For normal operation, the
timeout is optimized for links of less than 1 km.
NOTE
This is a global setting that applies to all wireless connections made with a radio, not just for local
mesh links. Therefore, if you are also using a radio to serve local wireless users, adjusting this
setting may lower the performance for users with marginal signal strength or when interference is
present. (Essentially, it means that if a frame needs to be retransmitted it will take longer before the
actual retransmit takes place.)