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Chapter 11: Deployment Examples CLI
You create a cluster, which is a set of SmartPath APs that collectively distribute data and coordinate activities among
themselves, such as client association data for fast roaming, route data for making optimal data-path forwarding
decisions, and policy enforcement for QoS and security.
cluster cluster1 password s1r70ckH07m3s
You define the password that cluster members use to derive the preshared key for securing backhaul communications
with each other. The password must be the same on all cluster members.
interface mgt0 cluster cluster1
By setting "cluster1" on the mgt0 interface, you join SmartPath AP-1 to the cluster.
save config
3. Before closing the console session, check the radio channel that SmartPath AP-1 uses on its backhaul interface, which by
default is wifi1:
The wifi1 interface and the wifi1.1 subinterface are in backhaul mode and
are using channel 149. Both wifi1 and wifi1.1 use the default radio profile
radio_na0. (Depending on the SmartPath AP model, the default profile
might be radio_a0.) This is a profile for radio2, which operates in the 5
GHz frequency range as specified in the IEEE 802.11a and n standards.
show interface
State=Operational state; Chan=Channel;
Radio=Radio profile; U=up; D=down;
Name
MAC addr
Mode
State Chan VLAN Radio
Cluster
SSID
------- -------------- -------- ----- ---- ---- -------- --------
--------
Mgt0
0019:7700:0020 -
U
-
1
-
cluster1
-
Eth0
0019:7700:0020 backhaul U
-
1
-
cluster1
-
Wifi0
0019:7700:0024 access
U
11
-
radio_ng0 -
-
Wifi0.1 0019:7700:0024 access
U
11
-
radio_ng0 cluster1
employee
Wifi1
0019:7700:0028 backhaul U
149 -
radio_na0 -
-
Wifi1.1 0019:7700:0028 backhaul U
149 1
radio_na0 cluster1
-
Figure 11-4. Show interface.
SmartPath AP-1 is set to use wireless interface wifi1 and its subinterface wifi1.1 for backhaul communications.
Write down the radio channel for future reference (in this example, it is 149). When configuring SmartPath AP-2 and -3, make
sure that they also use this channel for backhaul communications.
exit
Step 2: Configure SmartPath AP-2 and SmartPath AP-3.
1. Power on SmartPath AP-2 and log in through its console port.
2. Configure SmartPath AP-2 with the same commands that you used for SmartPath AP-1:
ssid employee
ssid employee security protocol-suite wpa-auto-psk ascii-key N38bu7Adr0n3