Audience
This document is for experienced network administrators who design and deploy mesh networks and configure
and maintain Cisco mesh access points and Cisco wireless LAN controllers.
Organization
This guide is organized into these chapters:
Description
Chapter Title
This chapter describes the components of a mesh network.
Mesh Network Components,
on page 1
This chapter describes the various deployment modes of mesh access points.
Mesh Deployment Modes, on
page 47
This chapter describes the design considerations involved in a mesh network.
Design Considerations, on
page 51
This chapter describes the implementation details and configuration
examples.
Site Preparation and Planning,
on page 61
This chapter describes the procedures involved in connecting mesh access
points to a network and configuring the mesh access points.
Connecting the Cisco 1500
Series Mesh Access Points to
the Network, on page 99
This chapter describes the commands to enter to check the health of a mesh
network.
Checking the Health of the
Network, on page 193
This chapter describes the troubleshooting information.
Troubleshooting, on page 207
This chapter describes information about managing access points with Cisco
Prime Infrastructure.
Managing Mesh Access Points
with Cisco Prime
Infrastructure, on page 237
Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
Table 1: Conventions
Indication
Convention
Commands and keywords and user-entered text appear in
bold
font.
bold
font
Document titles, new or emphasized terms, and arguments for which you supply
values are in
italic
font.
italic
font
Elements in square brackets are optional.
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