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Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide

Enabling Link Calibration Packets on the Mesh Portal AP

A Mesh Portal AP can be configured to emit link calibration packets to assist with positioning the Mesh AP. A link cali-
bration packet is an unencrypted 802.11 management packet of type Action. When enabled on an AP, link calibration
packets are sent at the rate of 5 per second.
To enable link calibration packets on an AP radio, use the following command:
set ap num radio num link-calibration mode {enable | disable}
Only one radio on an AP can be configured to send link calibration packets. Link calibration packets are intended to be
used only during installation of APs; they are not intended to be enabled on a continual basis.

Deploying the Mesh AP

After you have configured the Mesh AP with mesh services settings, detach the AP from the wired network and place it
in the desired location. The Mesh Portal AP must be within radio range of the Mesh AP.

Configuring Wireless Bridging

You can use WLAN mesh services in a wireless bridge configuration and implement APs as bridge endpoints in a trans-
parent Layer 2 bridge. Configuring a wireless bridge to connect two sites provides an alternative to install the Ethernet
cable to provide bridge functionality.
A typical application of wireless bridging is to provide the network connectivity between two buildings using a wireless
link, as shown in Figure 20 on page 358.