Enabling a Multi-hop Mesh Network

To enable multi-hop mesh networks

1. Navigate to the DEVICE | Access Points > Settings page.
2. Click Access Point Provisioning Profiles.
3. Click the Edit icon for the SonicWave profile. The Edit SonicWave Profile dialog displays.

4. Click the Mesh Network tab.

   

5. To enable the radio band Mesh on the SonicWave, select Enable MESH.

6. Choose the radio to be used for the mesh network:

   • 5GHZ Radio
   • 2.4GHZ Radio
7. Enter the SSID for the WLAN network in MESH SSID.
8. Enter the preshared key in MESH PSK.
9. Enter the threshold in MESH RSSI Threshold. The default is set as -80.
10. Click OK.