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 Have a trained professional install the AP. After installation, check to ensure the AP receives power and boots
up, enabling RSSI outputs.
 Align the AP antenna for optimal RSSI.
 Do not delete or modify mesh cluster profiles once you use them to provision mesh nodes. You can recover
the mesh point if the original cluster profile is still available. Dell recommends creating a new mesh cluster
profile if needed.
 If you create a new mesh cluster profile for an existing deployment, you must re-provision the AP for the new
profile to take effect. If you re-provision mesh nodes that are already operating, re-provision the most distant
(highest hop count) mesh points first followed by the mesh portals. If you re-provision the mesh portal first,
the mesh points may be unable to form a mesh link. Note that re-provisioning the AP causes it to
automatically reboot, which may cause a disruption of service to the network.
Dual-Port AP Considerations
The W-AP130 Series and W-AP120 Series models have The AP-12x model has two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports
(enet0 and enet1, respectively). When using these APs in a mesh environment, note the following Ethernet port
requirements:
 If configured as a mesh portal:
 Connect enet0 to the controller to obtain an IP address. The wired AP profile controls enet1.
 Only enet1 supports secure jack operation.
 If configured as a mesh point, enet0 and enet1 can be configured using separate wired-port-profiles. However,
the wired-ap-profile for enet0 is also applied to enet1.
Mesh Radio Profiles
The mesh radio profile determines many of the settings used by mesh nodes to establish mesh links and the path
to the mesh portal, including the maximum number of children a mesh node can accept, and transmit rates for
the 802.11a and 802.11g radios. The attributes of the mesh radio profile are applied to a mesh point upon
receiving its configuration from the controller. You can configure multiple radio profiles; however, you select and
deploy only one radio profile per AP group. Radio profiles, including the “default” profile, are not active until you
provision your APs for mesh.
If you modify a currently provisioned and running radio profile, your changes take effect immediately. You do not
reboot the controller or the AP.
Managing Mesh Profiles In the WebUI
Use the following procedures to define and manage mesh radio profiles using the WebUI.
Creating a New Profile
1. Navigate to the Configuration > Wireless > AP Configuration window. Select either the AP Group or AP
Specific tab.
 If you selected the AP Group tab, click the Edit button by the AP group name for which you want to
configure the new mesh radio profile.
 If you selected the AP Specific tab, click the Edit button by the AP for which you want to create the mesh
radio profile.
2. In the Profiles list, expand the Mesh menu, then select Mesh radio profile.
NOTE: Although the AP is up and operational, it is not connected to the network.