topic Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge in Wireless

Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

keniototo — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 15:42:43 GMT

Hello !

I have A question:

What is the difference between :

-Root Bridge with Wireless Clients
-Non-Root Bridge with Wireless Clients

I want to change my AP to non-root bridge but it refuses it give a error message as show bellow

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

Dennis Kline — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:56:54 GMT

A bridge is a wirless connection between 2 points (such as 2 buildings). One end is the root, the other end is the non-root. You can connect those without accommodating any wireless clients, OR you can connect the 2 ends AND any wireless clients.

For example, say I need to connect 2 building separated by a parking lot. If I do NOT accommodate clients, anyone in the parking lot will not be able to connect to that link... OR, I can allow people in the parking lot to also connect to the link.

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

keniototo — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:22:34 GMT

Thank you for your answer , I got your point , I was wondering is it possible to change the roles from root to become non-root and vis versa ?

Best regards .

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

Rasika Nayanajith — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:22:07 GMT

What is the current role of you AP ?

Do you have a bridge setup or Do you have a single AP that acting as normal Access Point for wireless client connectivity ?

Rasika

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

keniototo — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:31:05 GMT

I have 2 AP one with root bridge and the other with non-root bridge, the situation here, is I want to revers the roles , but it gave a error message as a mentioned earlier

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

Dennis Kline — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:43:58 GMT

Yes, you can reverse the roles. You need to change the non-root to root first, and let it come back up and stabilize ... then change the root to non-root. I assume you have static IPs and not using DHCP ?

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

keniototo — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:06:14 GMT

Yes I do have a static ip address for the both of them,

When I try to select the the non-root bridge from the root bridge AP, it does not allow me , it says that I have to set the Infrastructure SSID'must be configured inorder to set the 'role in radio Network' to the follwing roles :

Repeater

Access point

Non-root bridge

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

Dennis Kline — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:05:10 GMT

The configuration software Cisco uses for autonomous radios is pretty lame and not user friendly at all. Always has been.

It's been a long time since I've had to work my way through one of their configurations, but based on your screen shots, I would first set the root end for "without clients". Then try to set the non-root to root. Also, if it is checked, uncheck the box on the non-root for "connec only to infrastructure" (I don't remember the exact terminology they use)

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

keniototo — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:35:04 GMT

Although when I check only the root role and uncheck , it never give me ability to check the non root role,

from root AP 😞

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

Dennis Kline — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:46:39 GMT

I assume you are attempting all this from the Ethernet port connection, and not over-the-air? If you are attempting to convert non-root to root over-the-air, I doubt you're going to be successful. You need to be logged into the radios from either the Ethernet port or the console port

Re: Difference between Non-Root Bridge and root bridge

keniototo — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 23:20:51 GMT

Actualy I did everything with ethernet cable ,and also , with console cable ,

I did not try to connect over the-air .

The problem is solved

keniototo — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:29:45 GMT

Hello everyone ,

The problem is solved

All I had to do is open the GUI and copy the configuration from the other terminal and past it into the specific AP , after that you do a check then you will find all the configuration including the role station has been chnaged from the root bridge to non-root bridge .

Thank you all