
Choosing the Right AP Model for Your Mesh Network
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Choosing the Right AP Model for Your Mesh
Network
Ruckus Smart Mesh networks support both 802.11n and the newer, faster
802.11ac APs with which to form a mesh network.
The most important point to note, however, is that dual band 11n APs can only
mesh with other dual band 11n APs, and single band 11n APs can only mesh with
other single band 11n APs.
In summary, build your mesh network as follows:
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Ensure that all APs are dual band 802.11n - ZoneFlex R300, 7363, 7372, 7782,
7962, 7982
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Ensure that all APs are single band 802.11n - ZoneFlex 7321, 7341, 7343, 7351,
7352
NOTE:
As of version 9.8, Ruckus 802.11ac APs (ZoneFlex R700) do not support
mesh. When mesh is supported on 11ac APs (in release 9.9 or earlier), all dual-band
802.11ac APs will be able to form a mesh with any dual-band 802.11n ZoneFlex
AP, but will not be able to form a mesh with a single-band 802.11n AP.
Calculating the Number of APs Required
This is an important step in planning your mesh network. You will need calculate
the number of total APs (Root APs and Mesh APs) that are needed to provide
adequate coverage and performance for a given property.
Performing a site survey to determine the coverage for your particular installation
environment is essential. Once the coverage area is sufficiently covered with Root
APs to meet your bandwidth and throughput requirements, you will need to adjust
the number and placement to compensate for APs that will serve as Mesh APs.
If you plan to support Internet grade connections for casual web browsing, plan for
a design that delivers 1Mbps of throughput in the entire coverage area. For
enterprise-grade connections, plan for 10Mbps of throughput.
WiFi is a shared medium, of course, so this aggregate bandwidth will be shared
amongst the concurrent users at any given time. In other words, if the network is
designed to support 10Mbps, it would support 1 user at 10Mbps, or 10 users at
1Mbps each. In reality, due to statistical multiplexing (just like the phone system -
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