Nortel Networks 2300 Series manual Set service-profile mesh, Set service-profile no-broadcast

330AP Commands

set service-profile mesh

Creates a service profile for use with WLAN mesh services.

Syntax set service-profile name mesh mode {enable disable}

name	Service profile name.
enable	Enables mesh services for the service profile.
disable	Disables mesh services for the service profile.
Defaults	None.
Access	Enabled.

History Introduced in WSS Software version 6.0.

Usage Use this command to configure mesh services for a service profile. Once configured, the service profile can then be mapped to a radio profile that manages a radio on the Mesh Portal AP, which then allows a Mesh Portal AP to beacon a mesh services SSID to Mesh APs.

Examples The following command enables mesh services for service profile sp1:

WSS# set service-profile sp1 mesh mode enable success: change accepted.

See Also

•set ap boot-configuration mesh ssid on page 254

•show ap mesh-links on page 357

set service-profile no-broadcast

Disables or reenables the no-broadcast mode. The no-broadcast mode helps reduce traffic overhead on an SSID by leaving more of an SSID’s bandwidth available for unicast traffic. The no-broadcast mode also helps VoIP handsets conserve power by reducing the amount of broadcast traffic sent to the phones.

When enabled, the no-broadcast mode prevents AP radios from sending DHCP or ARP broadcasts to clients on the service profile’s SSID. Instead, an AP radio handles this traffic as follows:

•ARP requests—If the SSID has clients whose IP addresses the WSS does not already know, the WSS allows the AP radio to send the ARP request as a unicast to only those stations whose addresses the WSS does not know. The

AP radio does not forward the ARP request as a broadcast and does not send the request as a unicast to stations whose addresses the WSS already knows.

•DHCP Offers or Acks—If the destination MAC address belongs to a client on the SSID, the AP radio sends the DHCP Offer or Ack as a unicast to that client only.

The no-broadcast mode does not affect other types of broadcast traffic and does not prevent clients from sending broadcasts.

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