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Cisco Aironet 1520, 1130, 1240 Series Wireless Mesh Access Points, Design and Deployment Guide, Release 6.0
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Connecting the Cisco 1520 Series Mesh Access Point to Your Network
Note
When assigning a channel to the AP1524SB, choose the
Custom
assignment method, and select
one of the supported channels for the 5.8-GHz band: 149, 153, 157, 161, or 165.
Step 4
Assign Tx power levels (global and custom) for the radio.
There are five selectable power levels for the 802.11a backhaul for AP1520s.
•
AP1522 supports ISM, UNII-2 band and UNII-2 Extended bands.
•
AP1524 supports the ISM band (5.8 GHz).
Note
The default Tx power level on the backhaul is the highest power level (Level 1).
Note
Radio Resource Management (RRM) is OFF (disabled) by default. RRM cannot be turned ON
(enabled) for the backhaul.
Step 5
Click
Apply
when power and channel assignment are complete.
Step 6
From the 802.11 a/n Radios window, verify that channel assignments were made correctly (see
Figure 59
Channel Assignment
Using the CLI to Configure the Channels on the Serial Backhaul
To configure channels on the serial backhaul of the RAP using the controller CLI, follow these steps:
Step 1
To configure the backhaul channel on the radio in slot 2 of the RAP, enter this command:
config slot 2 channel ap
Cisco_RAPSB channel
The available channels for the 5.8-GHz band are 149, 153, 157, 161, and 165.
Step 2
To configure the transmit power level on the radio in slot 2 of the RAP, enter this command:
config slot 2 txPower ap
Cisco_RAPSB power
Valid values are 1 through 5; the default value is 1.