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Figure 39 Provisioning an AP as a Remote Mesh Portal
Defining the Mesh Private VLAN
Edit the mesh radio profile for the remote mesh portal and choose a new, non-zero tag value for the mesh private
VLAN. Make sure that the mesh private VLAN so that it does not conflict with any local tags assigned in the
mesh network. once configured, all Mesh Points will come up in that Mesh Private Vlan. This mesh private VLAN
must not be used as a VLAN for any other virtual AP.
1. Navigate to the Configuration > Wireless > AP Configuration window. Select either the AP Group or AP
Specific tab.
z If you selected the AP Group tab, click the Edit button by the remote mesh portal AP group with the
profile you want to edit.
z If you selected the AP Specific tab, click the Edit button by the remote mesh portal with the profile you
want to edit.
2. In the Profiles list, expand the Mesh menu, then select Mesh radio profile.
3. In the Profile Details window pane, click the Mesh radio profile drop-down list and select the name of the
profile you want to edit.
4. Set the Mesh Private VLAN parameter to define a VLAN ID (0
–4094) for control traffic between an remote
mesh point and mesh nodes.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
Next, assign the remote mesh points with the same mesh cluster profile, 802.11a and 802.11g RF management
profiles, and mesh radio profile as the remote mesh portal. If you have defined an AP group for all your remote
mesh points, you can just assign the required profiles to the remote mesh point AP group. Otherwise, you must
assign the required profiles to each individual remote AP.