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Chapter 7 Controlling Lightweight Access Points
Cisco Aironet 1510 Series Lightweight Outdoor Mesh Access Points
Note
You must enable bridging on all access points for which you want to allow bridging, including
the RAP. Therefore, if you want to allow an Ethernet on a MAP to bridge to the RAP’s Ethernet,
you must enable bridging on the RAP as well as the MAP.
Step 6
From the Bridge Data Rate drop-down box, choose a value (in Mbps) for the rate at which data is shared
between access points on the backhaul interface. The default value is 18 Mbps for the 802.11a backhaul
interface.
Step 7
Click
Apply
to commit your changes.
Step 8
Click
Save
Configuration
to save your changes.
Using the CLI to Configure Bridging Parameters
Follow these steps to configure bridging parameters using the controller CLI.
Step 1
To specify that your AP1510 has bridge functionality, enter this command:
config ap mode bridge
Cisco_AP
Step 2
To specify the role of this access point in the mesh network, enter this command:
config ap role
{
rootAP
|
meshAP
}
Cisco_AP
Use the
meshAP
parameter if the AP1510 has a wireless connection to the controller (this is the default
setting in software release 4.0), or use the
rootAP
parameter if the AP1510 has a wired connection to
the controller.
Note
If you upgrade to software release 4.0 from a previous release, your root access points default to
the meshAP role. You must reconfigure them for the rootAP role.
Step 3
To assign this AP1510 to a bridge group, enter this command:
config ap bridgegroupname set
groupname
Cisco_AP
Step 4
To specify the rate (in Kbps) at which data is shared between access points on the backhaul interface,
enter this command:
config ap bhrate
rate
Cisco_AP
The default value is 18 Kbps for the 802.11a backhaul interface.
Step 5
To save your settings, enter this command:
save config
