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Deploying a Wireless Mesh via ZoneDirector
Step 1: Prepare for Wireless Mesh Deployment
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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 11n APs can only mesh with other single band 11n APs.
• Dual band 11n APs can only mesh with other dual band 11n 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. Note that only firmware versions 6.0.0.0.* and later (for
both ZoneFlex and ZoneDirector) support mesh networking.
• 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
Adding New Access Points to the Network .
Step 2: Enable Mesh Capability on ZoneDirector
If you did not enable mesh capability on ZoneDirector when you completed the
Setup Wizard, you can enable it on the Configure > Mesh screen.