HPE Controller 830 & 850 Mesh Configuration – PtP

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Customer Requirement – Build point to point link between two Access Points.

MPP – Access Point directly connected to switch and controller. MAP – Access Point connected to MPP over wireless link. Main AP – Access Point connected to MAP through LAN Cable to Extend Wireless to Guest. Master & Slave APs need to be connected to controller through LAN and we need to do initial configuration .

Need to add MAP Configuration file to All 3 Access Points (Master, Slave & Main AP).

MAP Configuration File Text:
#
vlan 1000
vlan 1001
vlan 1002
#
interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 #Access Point Interface #
port link-type trunk
port trunk permit vlan all
#
Save above text with Extention .cfg

Step 1. Virtual interface – WLAN-Mesh
Step 2. Create Mesh profile
Step 3. Enable mesh service globally
Step 4. Configure mesh profile and enable mesh profile
Step 5. Bind mesh profile with MPP
Step 6. Bind mesh profile with MAP and restart .

Step 1. Virtual interface – WLAN-Mesh
 system-view
[AC] interface wlan-mesh 1
[AC-WLAN-MESH1] port link-type trunk
[AC-WLAN-MESH1] port trunk permit vlan all
[AC-WLAN-MESH1] port-security tx-key-type 11key
[AC-WLAN-MESH1] port-security preshared-key pass-phrase simple 12345678
[AC-WLAN-MESH1] port-security port-mode psk
Configure mesh virtual interface with PSK authentication . All traffic in mesh link will be encrypted

Step 2. Create Mesh profile
 
 system-view
[AC] wlan mesh-profile 1
[AC-wlan-mshp-1] bind wlan-mesh 1
Bind mesh interface with mesh profile

Step 3. Enable mesh service globally
 
 system-view
[AC] mkd-service enable mesh-profile 1
Step 4. Configure mesh profile and enable mesh profile
 
 system-view
[AC] wlan mesh-profile 1
[AC-wlan-mshp-1] mesh-id center1-mesh
[AC-wlan-mshp-1] mesh-profile enable
Step 5. Bind mesh profile with MPP
 
 system-view
[AC] wlan ap mpp model MSM460-WW
[AC-wlan-ap-mpp] serial-id **********
[AC-wlan-ap-mpp] portal-service enable
[AC-wlan-ap-mpp] radio 1
[AC-wlan-ap-mpp-radio-1] channel 153
[AC-wlan-ap-mpp-radio-1] mesh-profile 1
[AC-wlan-ap-mpp-radio-1] radio enable
We need to enable portal service in MPP . Static channel also need to be configured (Different channel need to configure for different locations).

Step 6. Bind mesh profile with MAP and restart
 
 system-view
[AC] wlan ap map model MSM460-WW
[AC-wlan-ap-map] serial-id **********
[AC-wlan-ap-map] provision
[AC-wlan-ap-map-prvs] vlan tagged 1000 to 1002
[AC-wlan-ap-map-prvs] vlan untagged 1
[AC-wlan-ap-map-prvs] initial-country-code In	#Country code India #
[AC-wlan-ap-map-prvs] quit
[AC-wlan-ap-map] radio 1
[AC-wlan-ap-map-radio-1] channel 153
[AC-wlan-ap-map-radio-1] mesh-profile 1
[AC-wlan-ap-map-radio-1] radio enable
 save WLAN AP provision all
 save safely force	#To save Controller Settings #
We need to provision country code in map . We need to restart AP as provisioning will take effect only after AP reboot .

To verify mesh link:
 display wlan mesh-link ap name mpp

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