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Neighbor IFID The MAC Address used by the interface on the neighbor device to communicate with this
device. This may define a particular radio or Ethernet port that communicates with this
device over the mesh.
Root MP ID The MAC Address of the neighbor's root mesh point.
Is Root A root mesh point is defined as a mesh point that is connected to the WAN and provides
a wired backhaul to the network. Yes if the mesh point that is the neighbor is a root mesh
point or No if the mesh point that is the neighbor is not a root mesh point.
Mobility Displays whether the mesh point is a mobile or static node. Displays True when the device
is mobile and False when the device is not mobile.
Radio Interface This indicates the interface that is used by the device to communicate with this neighbor.
The values are 2.4 and 5.0, indicating the frequency of the radio that is used to
communicate with the neighbor.
Mesh Root Hops The number of devices between the neighbor and its root mesh point. If the neighbor is a
root mesh point, this value will be 0. If the neighbor is not a root mesh point but it has a
neighbor that is a root mesh point, this value will be 1. Each mesh point between the
neighbor and its root mesh point is counted as 1 hop.
Resourced Displays whether the mesh point has been resourced or not. The Mesh Connex neighbor
table can contain more neighbors than the AP supports. If the neighbor is resourced, it will
take away a one of the resources for a wireless client device to be used for meshing.
Displays
True when the device is resourced and False when the device is not.
Link Quality An abstract value depicting the quality of the mesh link between the device and the
neighbor. The range is from 0 (weakest) to 100 (strongest).
Link Metric This value shows the computed path metric from the device to the neighbor mesh point
using this interface. The lower the number the better the possibility that the neighbor will
be chosen as the path to the root mesh point.
Root Metric The computed path metric between the neighbor and their root mesh point.
Rank The rank is the level of importance and is used for automatic resource management.
8 – The current next hop to the recommended root.
7 – Any secondary next hop to the recommended root to has a good potential route metric.
6 – A next hop to an alternate root node.
5 – A downstream node currently hopping through to get to the root.
4 – A downstream node that could hop through to get to the root, but is currently not
hopping through any node (look at authentication, as this might be an issue).
3 – A downstream node that is currently hopping through a different node to get to the
root, but could potentially have a better route metric if it hopped through this node.
2 – Reserved for active peer to peer routes and is not currently used.
1 - A neighbor bound to the same recommended root but does not have a potential route
metric as good as the neighbors ranked 8 and 7.
0 – A neighbor bound to a different root node.
- 1 – Not a member of the mesh as it has a different mesh ID.
All client devices hold a rank of 3 and can replace any mesh devices lower than that rank.