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AP-377 Mesh not working

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  • 1.  AP-377 Mesh not working

    Posted Sep 18, 2020 09:23 AM

    I'm trying to use one of my outdoor AP-377s as a mesh portal. The mesh point I configured will not connect to it.

     

    I have this working successfully on an AP-315 with the same exact settings and the same exact mesh point AP.

     

    Below is what I get when I run show ap mesh active:

    Mesh Cluster Name: Library Tents
    --------------------------------
    Name Group IP Address BSSID Band/Ch/EIRP/MaxEIRP MTU Enet Ports Mesh Role Parent #Children AP Type Uptime
    ---- ----- ---------- ----- -------------------- --- ---------- --------- ------ --------- ------- ------
    00-Mesh-Portal-Test Mesh xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx 80:8d:b7:ae:d6:30 802.11a/48E/21.0/31.5 1300 - Portal - 0 315 3m:29s
    IT-TechSvcs-Outdoor Mesh xxx.xxx.xxx.xx 24:62:ce:ce:db:50 802.11a/157+/0.0/0.0 1500 Off/Off Portal - 0 377 1d:18h:43m:40s

    Total APs :2

     

    For some reason it says the EIRP and MaxEIRP are 0.0 on the 377.

     

    When I do a show ap radio-summary for that AP, I get the following:

     

    (Falcon) [MDC] *#show ap radio-summary ap-name IT-TechSvcs-Outdoor

    APs Radios information
    ----------------------
    Name Group AP Type IP Address Band Mode EIRP/MaxEIRP NF/U/I TD TM TC
    ---- ----- ------- ---------- ---- ---- ------------ ------ -- -- --
    IT-TechSvcs-Outdoor Mesh 377 xxx.xxx.xxx.xx 2.4 AP:HT:11 11.0/31.3 -94/21/6 0/0/0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0/0/0
    IT-TechSvcs-Outdoor Mesh 377 xxx.xxx.xxx.xx 5 MPP:VHT:157+ 19.0/36.0 -94/12/0 0/0/0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0/0/0

     



  • 2.  RE: AP-377 Mesh not working

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Sep 21, 2020 03:55 AM

    It seems like your portal is on 48E, which at least in European countries is not allowed for outdoor use.

     

    Please make sure that in your regulatory domain, the mesh portal is on a channel that is allowed for outdoor use, or more generic your portal has to be on a channel that is supported for your mesh point.

     

    Could that be the issue? It would clarify why it works with an AP315 indoor AP as mesh-point.



  • 3.  RE: AP-377 Mesh not working

    Posted Sep 21, 2020 09:20 AM

     The one on 48E was the working.

     

    What I found was that over the weekend my mesh point rebooted and when it re-joined the network was associated to the same controller that the mesh portal was on. Now it seems to be working as it should.

     

    I don't remember seeing anywhere that the point and portal had to be on the same controller.