Advanced Configuration 6

•Link Path Cost – This parameter is used by the STP to determine the best path between devices. Therefore, lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media, and higher values assigned to ports with slower media. (Path cost takes precedence over port priority.)

•Range: 1-65535

•Default: Ethernet interface: 19; Wireless interface: 40

•Link Port Priority – Defines the priority used for this port in the Spanning Tree Protocol. If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same, the port with the highest priority (i.e., lowest value) will be configured as an active link in the spanning tree. This makes a port with higher priority less likely to be blocked if the Spanning Tree Protocol is detecting network loops. Where more than one port is assigned the highest priority, the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled.

•Default: 128

•Range: 0-240, in steps of 16

CLI Commands for WDS Settings – To set the role of the access point radio interface, use the bridge role command from the CLI wireless interface configuration mode. If the role of the radio interface is set to “Bridge” or “Repeater,” the MAC address of the parent node must also be configured using the bridge-link parent command. If the role is set to anything other than “Access Point,” then you should also configure the MAC addresses of the child nodes using the bridge-link child command. To view the current bridge link settings, use the show bridge link command.

Enterprise

AP(if-wireless

g)#bridge role bridge

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Enterprise

AP(if-wireless

g)#bridge-link child 2

 

00-08-3e-84-bc-6d

 

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Enterprise

AP(if-wireless

g)#bridge-link child 3

 

00-08-3e-85-13-f2

 

 

Enterprise

AP(if-wireless

g)#bridge-link child 4

 

00-08-3e-84-79-31

 

 

Enterprise

AP(if-wireless

g)#bridge-link parent

 

00-08-2d-69-3a-51

 

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Enterprise

AP(if-wireless

g)#exit

 

Enterprise

AP#show bridge

link wireless a

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Interface Wireless A WDS Information

 

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AP Role:

Bridge

 

 

Parent:

00-08-2d-69-3a-51

 

Child:

 

 

 

Child 2: 00-08-3e-84-bc-6d

Child 3: 00-08-3e-85-13-f2

Child 4: 00-08-3e-84-79-31

Child 5: 00-00-00-00-00-00

Child 6: 00-00-00-00-00-00

STAs:

No WDS Stations.

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SMC2552W-G2-17, SMC2552W-G2 specifications

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