356 Configuring WLAN mesh services
NN47250-500 (Version 03.01)

Configuring the Service Profile for Mesh Services

Configure the Mesh Portal AP to beacon the mesh services SSID. To do this, create a service profile and enable mesh
services using the following commands:
set service-profile mesh-service-profile ssid-name mesh-ssid
set service-profile mesh-service-profile mesh mode {enable | disable}
Then, service profile can be mapped to a radio profile, that manages a radio on the Mesh Portal AP.

Configuring Security

The secure connection between the Mesh AP and the Mesh Portal AP is established in a two-step process:
1Creation of an encrypted point-to-point link between the Mesh AP and the Mesh Portal AP
2Authentication of the Mesh AP.
When the Mesh AP is booted, it searches for a beacon containing the configured mesh SSID. Once the Mesh AP locates
a Mesh Portal AP with the mesh SSID, it associates with the Mesh Portal AP as a client device. The Mesh AP can then
be authenticated by the WSS.
To configure the Mesh AP it has to be authenticated. To authenticate it, use the following commands:
set service-profile mesh-service-profile rsn-ie enable
set service-profile mesh-service-profile auth-psk enable
set service-profile mesh-service-profile cipher-ccmp enable
set service-profile mesh-service-profile cipher-tkip disable
set service-profile mesh-service-profile {psk-phrase pass-phrase | psk-raw raw-pass}
set mac-user mesh-ap-mac-addr attr vlan-name default
set authentication mac ssid mesh-ssid * lo cal
The pass-phrase or raw-pass is the same one configured on the Mesh AP. In addition, the serial number and the finger-
print of the Mesh AP must be configured on the WSS.
Note. The radio profile mapped to the service profile cannot be configured to
auto-tune power or channel settings.