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Viewing Radio Statistics Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Viewing Radio Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Viewing MU Statistics Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Viewing MU Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Pinging Individual MUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
MU Authentication Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Viewing the Mesh Statistics Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Viewing Known Access Point Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
CLI Reference
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Connecting to the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Accessing the CLI through the Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Accessing the CLI via Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
Admin and Common Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
Network Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
System Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
Firmware Update Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431
Statistics Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
Mesh Networking Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
The Client Bridge Association Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
Defining the Mesh Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
Mesh Networking and the Two Subnets of the Access Point .446
Normal Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
Impact of Importing/Exporting Configurations
to a Mesh Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
Configuring Mesh Networking Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
Setting the LAN Configuration for Mesh Networking Support 447
Configuring a WLAN for Mesh Networking Support. . . . . . . . .449
Configuring the Access Point Radio for Mesh Support . . . . . .452
Mesh Network Deployment - Quick Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457
Scenario 1 - Two Base Bridges and One Client Bridge . . . . . .458
Scenario 2 - Two Hop Mesh Network with a
Base Bridge Repeater and a Client Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464
Mesh Networking Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468