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12. Use the >> button to move a selected base bridge MAC address from Available Base Bridge

List.

13. Refer to the Preferred Base Bridge List for a prioritized list of base bridges the mesh network’s

client bridge uses to extend the mesh network’s coverage area and potentially provide

redundant links. If a device does not appear on the Available Base Bridge List, there is no way

it can be moved to Preferred Base Bridge List as the device has not yet been seen. However, if

you know the MAC Address corresponding to that Base Bridge, you can add that to the

Preferred List using the add button.

14. Highlight a MAC address from the Preferred Base Bridge List and click the Up button to assign

that device’s MAC address a higher priority and a greater likelihood of joining the mesh

network if an association with another device is lost.

If a MAC address is not desirable as others but still worthy of being on the preferred list, select

it, and click the Down button to decrease its likelihood of being selected as a member of the

mesh network.

15. If a device MAC address is on the Preferred Base Bridge List and constitutes a threat as a

potential member of the mesh network (poor RSSI etc.), select it and click the Remove button

to exclude it from the preferred list.

If all of the members of the Preferred Base Bridge List constitute a risk as a member of the

mesh network, click the Remove All button. This is not recommended unless the preferred list

can be re-populated with more desirable device MAC addresses from the Available Base Bridge

List.

16. Click Ok to return to the Radio Configuration screen.

17. Select the Client Bridge Signal Monitor checkbox to monitor the signal strength of a base

bridge the client bridge access point is connected to. When the signal strength of the base

bridge goes down below a threshold value, the mesh connection with this base bridge is

broken and a connection to another base bridge with a higher signal strength in the same

channel is attempted. This enables the client bridge to switch from a weak link to a strong link.

18. Enter the Client Bridge Signal Threshold value. This is the value below which the signal from a

base bridge is considered weak and a new connection to another base bridge is attempted.

Before a new connection to another base bridge is attempted, the AP checks a few times if the

signal strength remains below this threshold value.

19. Enter the Client Bridge Signal Delta value. This is the difference in signal strength between the

existing base bridge link and the candidate base bridge. The RSSI value of the new base bridge

must be higher by this value for the AP to drop its existing base bridge and connect to the new

base bridge.

20. Within the Radio Configuration screen, click Apply to save any changes made within the

Advanced Client Bridge Settings screen.

21. Click Cancel to undo any changes made within the Advanced Client Bridge Settings screen.

This reverts all settings for the screen to the last saved configuration.

22. If using a dual-radio model access point, refer to the Mesh Timeout drop-down menu (from

within the Radio Configuration screen) to define whether one of the access point’s radio’s

beacons on an existing WLAN or if a client bridge radio uses an uplink connection. The Mesh

Timeout value is not available on a single-radio access point, since the radio would have to

stop beaconing and go into scan mode to determine if a base bridge uplink is lost. The

following drop-down menu options are available:

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