Deploying a Wireless Mesh via ZoneDirector
Deploying a wireless mesh via ZoneDirector involves the following steps:
• Step 1: Prepare for Wireless Mesh Deployment
• Step 2: Enable Mesh Capability on ZoneDirector
• Step 3: Provision and Deploy Mesh Nodes
• Step 4: Verify That the Wireless Mesh Network Is Up
Step 1: Prepare for Wireless Mesh Deployment
Before starting with your wireless mesh deployment, Ruckus Wireless recommends
performing a number of tasks that can help ensure a smooth deployment.
• Ensure that the APs that will form the mesh are of the same radio type.
• Single band APs can only mesh with other single band APs.
• Dual band APs can only mesh with other dual band 11n/11ac APs.
• Plan Your Wireless Mesh Network - Survey your deployment site, decide on the
number of APs that you will deploy (including the number of Root APs and Mesh
APs), and then create a simple sketch of where you will deploy each Root AP and
Mesh AP. Remember that Root APs need to be connected to ZoneDirector via their
Ethernet ports. Make sure that the Root AP locations can be wired easily, if cabling
is not yet available.
• Make Sure That Your Access Points Support Mesh Networking - Verify that the
access points that you are planning to include in your wireless mesh network all
provide mesh capability.
• Enable Auto Approval - If you do not want to have to manually approve the join
requests from each mesh AP when they start forming the wireless mesh, you can
enable Auto Approval. For instructions on how to enable Auto Approval, see
New Access Points to the Network
on page 193.
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Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector™ Release 10.0 User Guide
Deploying a Smart Mesh Network
Deploying a Wireless Mesh via ZoneDirector
