Mesh network not suitable for 5Ghz cilent access~?

[J_Vansen_S]

hi All,

By default, 802/11a/n is set for backhaul communication.

Does that mean that if most of my clients are on 5ghz, Mesh network is not a preferred design to go?

Reason being:- client communication on a/n radio might disturb the traffic of the whole cell and of all the MAPs that connect to the network through that MAP.

Please advise

[Amjad Abdullah]

Hi,

There are two slots for the backhaul radio. You can enable either one or both slots for client access.
Look into this:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/technology/mesh/7.0/design/guide/MeshAP_70.html#wp1874986

So if you have any concern with the performance you can enable one slot only for clients.

HTH

Amjad
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[Scott Fella]

Amjad,

There is only one type of mesh that has two slots and it is the following:

AP1524 Serial Backhaul (AIR-LAP1524SB-X-K9) Functionality

The other model mesh AP's like the 1550's and the others, only have one slot and therefore only one 5ghz radio.

I never allow client access on the 5ghz, but that's my opinion. Yes it will reduce the throughout on the backhaul if you do have a lot of devices associating to the 5ghz backhaul.

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[Amjad Abdullah]

Thank you Scott for the info.
I never tried this feature. The link I provided above mentions that it is available on 1522 and 1532AC APs as well.


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[Amjad Abdullah]

Oh. It seems I am overall mistaken. The document says the universal client access is feature is available on the 1522 APs, not the dual 5 GHz radio feature.

Thanks a lot Scott for the explanation and bringing that to my attention. :)

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[Scott Fella]

No problem... this was the confusing part, because others were thinking that they can have multiple channels on the backhaul, which isn't true today.  Single channel for the backhaul on a given RAP.

Thanks,

Scott

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[msmith101]

And the 1524SB end of sale (in June) was announced.  The 1522 went end of sale over a year ago.