Bridge GUI Guide: Network Configuration
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3.3.4.3
Wireless Bridge and Minimum RSS
NOTE:
When Fast-
Path Mesh is en-
abled, your selection in
Wireless Bridge
automati-
cally configures the in-
terface’s FP Mesh Mode
(described below).
In a Fortress FastPath Mesh network, the
Wireless Bridge
setting, in conjunction with
FastPath Mesh Mode
(below),
determines whether the BSS will provide network connections
to other Fortress Bridge Mesh Points (
Enabled
) or connect
other Non-Mesh Points to the FastPath Mesh (
Disabled
).
FastPath Mesh bridging is described in Section 3.2.1.
In a mesh network under STP link management, the
Wireless
Bridge
setting determines whether the BSS will act as a
wireless bridge (
Enabled
) or a conventional WLAN access point
(
Disabled
). STP bridging is described in Section 3.2.2.
NOTE:
Enabling
Wireless Bridge
for
the BSS enforces a
For-
tress Security
setting of
Enabled
On the single-radio ES210,
Wireless Bridge
is
Enabled
by
default for BSSs, when the radio is left on the default 5 GHz
802.11a band.
On Bridges with two radios, the ES520 and ES820,
Wireless
Bridge
is
Disabled
by default for BSSs on Radio1, when it is left
on the default 2.4 GHz 802.11g band, and
Enabled
by default
for BSSs on Radio 2.
On the four-radio ES440,
Wireless Bridge
is also
Disabled
by
default for BSSs on Radio1, when it is left on the default 2.4
GHz 802.11g band, and
Enabled
by default for BSSs on Radio
2, Radio 3 and Radio 4.
Once a
Wireless Bridge
value has been established for a BSS,
the setting cannot be reconfigured. You must delete the BSS
and recreate it with the new
Wireless Bridge
value in order to
make such a change.
When
Wireless Bridge
is
Enabled
, you can also configure the
minimum received signal strength that the other nodes
(bridging-enabled Bridges) in range must maintain in order to
remain connected to the current Bridge.
Minimum signal strength received (
Minimum RSS
) is configured
in whole dBm (decibels referenced to milliwatts) from -95 to
0 dBm. The default is -80 dBm.
You can enable/disable
Wireless Bridge
in either Bridge GUI
view. You can set the
Minimum RSS
only in Advanced View.
3.3.4.4
User Cost Offset and FastPath Mesh Mode
When FastPath Mesh is enabled,
User Cost Offset
allows you
to weight the interface more or less heavily in the FP Mesh cost
equation in order to make it less attractive than other
interfaces.
Enter a non-negative integer between
0
(zero) and
4,294,967,295
. The higher the offset, the less attractive the
interface. A neighbor with the maximum cost (
4,294,967,295
)
will never be used to route traffic. The default is
0
(zero).
Network Cost Weighting and the FP Mesh cost equation are
described in Section 3.2.1.5.