Chapter 8: Auto Bridge (Wireless Mesh Network)
This chapter describes the feature of 9100MESH, Auto-forming wireless bridging. If you don’t know
how to enter configuration screen, chapter 4 describes how to do it. Please keep in mind that you need
click Apply to save all settings.
8.1 Auto Bridge Wireless (Mesh) Network
At manual bridge mode, you need to write down each bridge devices’ BSSID, wasting time to find out
their network topology and then key in the BSSID in every device. If on of device out of order, the
original network topology is useless and the bridging network is broken. You need take time to find out
which device is broken, find out the new topology and key in the new BSSID to every device again.
The Auto bridge Wireless (Mesh) Network technology is a auto-forming, auto-hearing network solution.
When the wireless bridge mode is in auto bridge mode, you can form the up to 40 bridges devices’
network topology automatically. Using the Auto Bridge function, the devices will bridge together
automatically when their SSID and Radio Parameters are the same. Those devices will calculate the
bridge network topology and also monitor the bridge network status automatically. Thus, if some of
devices are out of order or change location, a new bridge network topology will be made and let those
devices bridge together again. The feature is called auto-hearing.
8.2 Rule of Auto Bridge mode
8.2.1 Root device
The lowest priority number plus BR MAC address will be selected to be the root device of bridging
network. The priority number is a setting parameter at Wireless Bridge – General (Bridging Mode as
Auto Bridging) screen. The BR information is the LOWEST MAC address of all the MAC address on
this unit. They include LAN, WAN, WLAN1 and WLAN2.
However, if the wireless network is connected to an Ethernet switch which might has STP (Spanning
Tree Protocol) devices on the same network. The root will be assign to the lowest MAC address of the
STP device on the network.
8.2.2 Routing Path
The routing path of auto bridging network is defined a node select the lowest path cost to the root
device. The path cost is base on the Signal Strength and Priority. If the higher Signal Strength will be
selected as routing path. If the Signal Strength is happen to be the same, then the lower priority number
will be the routing path. If the priority number is same, the lower MAC address will be assigned to the
routing path.
8.3 Auto Bridge GUI Screen
8.3.1 Wireless Bridge – General GUI Screen
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