Wireless Access

Hello,

I have a question, for this IAP Mesh construction do i need a controller ?

multipoint ( 2,3,4,5,) to point (1)

point(5) to point (4)

mesh cluster would be IAP 224 position 1

That should work fine, though with IAP Mesh there is no forcing that topology. #4 could select to go to #3 and then to #1 (that's if the mesh metrics support that). 

For That i need a omni access controller i can do it all trought the IAPs ?

i will today upload the new firmware on the IAP 224 a then test it the lab

To configure instant APs for mesh, you first have to bring them all up together on the wired network to get the VC established, then disable the extended SSID. once done, you can move the mesh points to wherever you need. Not sure what you mean with omni access controller, but so long as all the APs can hear each other, they can build the mesh links and get back to the mesh portal.

The user guide has instructions, as is there a dozen or more articles within the AirHeads community on configuring mesh within Instant. You shouldn't have any issues.

You need proper antenna design - yes. And please remember about some Instant MESH limitations: 

In an Instant mesh network, the maximum hop count is two nodes (point >point >portal) and the maximum number of mesh points per mesh portal is eight. 

As Jerrod said - just connect all IAPs in the cluster togedther via eth and when they join the cluster you can unplug the ethernet. MESH should be established automatically. 

HTH

Hello

I have for the test 2 x IAP 224 and 1 x IAP 205

First i update the new firmware, connect them on a switch with DHCP 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 vlan 16

They got a IP adres, and the two IAP 224 a see as a Portal , after Antena configuration, IAP 205 Typ N/A

172.16.1.3 IAP 224

172.16.1.4 IAP 225

172.16.1.5 IAP 205

When i go on the Edit IAP 205, uplink, enth0 bridging and make it enable i cant more connect to the IAP, and i dont see the IAP in my access point list

They are all connectec over a POE switches

How to configure only one Mash Portal And two mesh point ?

any documents ?

I dont have a controller only 3 IAPs

I make a VC with the ip 172.16.1.100

You brought them all up on the wire, got them all on the same/latest firmware, and made sure they all were senn as part of the same virtual cluster correct? Then you disabled extended SSID correct? 

From there, you just take whichever APs you want to be mesh points off the LAN. If an Instant AP gets an IP address from the ethernet interface, it will not become a mesh point. So if you want them to be mesh points you need to power them with something like a power injector or a power supply, where they are disconnected from the LAN.

Once you do that, let them all come up with the ones you want as mesh points to make sure that layer is good, then you can worry about configuring the mesh point ethernet interfaces later.

I do it all one more time but only with two IAP 225, now i unplug one from the switch with dhcp and give them power over a poe injector

HE change to Mesh Point now.

I connect my pc over wifi and got Ip address 172.16.1.15,

Mesh portal have the IP 172.16.1.4

Mesh point have the IP 172.16.1.3

VC 172.16.1.100

When i ping from my pc to 172.16.1.3  Mesh point, i dont got any answer, when i ping over the concole from 172.16.1.4 to 172.16.1.3 i got a answer

Where is the problem ?

Your wireles access policy is allow all?

Yes, and for wired also but i cant ping the switch on the Mesh point ....

Where can i find a CLI guid for IAP 220  ?

CLI guide is on the support site. If everything is flat, and the IAPs and clients are all on the same VLAN, then something else is at play (role, some other L2 issue, etc). TAC can support troubleshooting this with you.

Switch 1 Vlan 16 172.16.1.1 DHCP on

Mesh Portal 172.16.1.4

Mesh Point 172.16.1.3

Switch 2 vlan 16 172.16.1.2

PC 172.16.1.100

Poe injector

Microsens micro poe switch 172.16.1.199

Al vlan 16

same subnet ...

I cant find the cli guid

do you have a link maybe

thx

https://support.arubanetworks.com/Documentation/tabid/77/DMXModule/512/Default.aspx?EntryId=18345

I putt all now on vlan 1

dhcp range 172.16.1.30-1.40

why i got a ip address 172.31.98.241 when i connect my pc to the Mesh point ?

I found that problem, but i still cant communicate betwen switch 1 and switch 2 over the iap mesh, the switch have fix IP adress, iaps got it from DHCP on the swtch one

download link on IAP 2 there is the problem

i try this

Configuring Wired Bridging on Ethernet 0

Instant supports wired bridging on the Ethernet 0 port of an Instant AP. Perform the following steps to enable wired bridging on the Ethernet 0 port:

Figure 57 - Configuring Wired Bridging on Ethernet 0 of an IAP

still not wokring, after 4 days it dosent work

Open a TAC case so that they can help you directly.