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Chapter 8 Controlling Mesh Access Points
Configuring Mesh Access Points to Operate with Cisco 3200 Series Mobile Access Routers
Configuring Mesh Access Points to Operate with Cisco 3200
Series Mobile Access Routers
Outdoor access points (1522, 1524) can interoperate with the Cisco 3200 Series Mobile Access Router
(MAR) on the public safety channel (4.9 GHz) as well as the 2.4-GHz access and 5.8-GHz backhaul.
The Cisco 3200 creates an
in-vehicle
network
in which devices such as PCs, surveillance cameras, digital
video recorders, printers, PDAs, and scanners can share wireless networks such as cellular or WLAN-
based services back to the main infrastructure. This allows data collected from in-vehicle deployments
such as a police cars to be integrated into the overall wireless infrastructure. For specific interoperability
details between series 1130, 1240, and 1520 mesh access points and series 3200 mobile access routers,
refer to
Configuration Guidelines
For the 1522 or 1524 mesh access point and Cisco MAR 3200 to interoperate on the public safety
network, the following configuration guidelines must be met:
•
Client access must be enabled on the backhaul (Mesh global parameter).
•
Public Safety must be enabled globally on all mesh access points (MAPs) in the mesh network.
•
Channel number assignments on the 1522 or 1524 must match those on the Cisco 3200 radio
interfaces.
–
Channels 20 (4950 GHz) through 26 (4980 GHz) and sub-band channels 1 through 19 (5 and 10
MHz) are used for MAR interoperability. This configuration change is made on the controller.
No changes are made to the access point configuration.
–
Channel assignments are made only to the RAP. Updates to the MAP are propagated by the RAP.
The default channel width for MAR 3200s is 5 MHz. You must
either
change the channel width to 10 or
20 MHz to enable WGBs to associate with series 1520 mesh access points
or
change the channel on the
1522 or 1524 to a channel in the 5-MHz (channels 1 to 10) or 10-MHz band (channels 11 through 19).
•
When using the CLI, you must disable the 802.11a radio prior to configuring its channels. You
re-enable the radio after the channels are configured.
•
When using the GUI, enabling and disabling of the 802.11a radio for channel configuration is not
required.
•
Cisco MAR 3200s can scan channels
within
but not across the 5-, 10-, or 20-MHz bands.
Table 8-8
Mesh Access Points and MAR 3200 Interoperability
Mesh Access Point Model
MAR Model
1522
1
c3201
2
, c3202
3
, c3205
4
1524
c3201, c3202
1130, 1240 configured as indoor mesh access
points with universal access
c3201, c3205
1.
Universal access must be enabled on the 1522 if connecting to a MAR on the 802.11a radio or 4.9-GHz band.
2.
Model c3201 is a MAR with a 802.11b/g radio (2.4 GHz).
3.
Model c3202 is a MAR with a 4-9-GHz sub-band radio.
4.
Model c3205 is a MAR with a 802.11a radio (5.8-GHz sub-band).
