User's Manual

Chapter 10: Mesh Radio Configuration
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All the devices in a mesh neighborhood need to be configured to use the same 802.11a
channel.
CLI
The mesh radio channel is set with the ‘channel’ parameter in the ‘mesh0’ interface as shown
in the example below.
> use mesh0
mesh0> set channel=157
Web GUI
The mesh radio channel can be set via the web interface using the “Mesh” tab on the “Wireless
Interfaces” page (see Figure 39).
10.2 Service Set Identifier (SSID)
The Service Set Identifier, or SSID, is used in 802.11 communication to identify a particular
network. It differentiates logical networks that operate on the same radio channel. The mesh
radio SSID for all the devices in a mesh neighborhood must be the same. If you have adjacent
mesh neighborhoods where one or more devices from each neighborhood are within
communication range of each other, the SSID for the neighborhoods must be different if you
wish to preclude mesh communication between these neighborhoods and preventing
repeaters from autonomously deciding which neighborhood to be part of.
The SSID value must be a text string that has a maximum length of 32 characters. It must only
contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, dashes (“-“), and underscores (“_”). The SSID
setting is case sensitive.
CLI
The mesh radio SSID is set as shown in the example below. When setting an ESSID that
contains spaces, the SSID value must be enclosed by quotes. The quotes are optional
otherwise.
> use mesh0
mesh0> set essid=”enroute500_mesh”
Web GUI
The mesh radio SSID can be set via the web interface using the “Mesh” tab on the “Wireless
Interfaces” page (see Figure 39).