Bridge two AP390's

[rkowals]

I'd like to know what is the best practice to bridge two AP390's for a bldg that isn't on any copper or fiber. Distance to each unit will be about 100 meters and will be connecting an outdoor wifi can on each end and connected to one of the 2.4 leads on each AP.

[samantha_lynn]

Could you SSH in to the Mesh APs and run "show hive"? This will show you your hive name (the one that isn't hive0), which we will need for the next command.

The second command is "show hive <hivename> neighbor". For example if the hive name was "Mesh_Test", the second command would be "show hive Mesh_Test neighbor".

Also I'd like to run "show amrp neighbor" to make sure we see a Two-way cost.

[rkowals]

Update: Since I just have the two AP390's, I used the default profile, I adjusted the configuration of the wireless interface for the following

wifi0 Radio off

wifi1 Radio On

5GHz

Channel 157

Transmission Power on

Client Transmission Power Auto

SSID set for a single policy profile

Radio set for Client Access and Backhaul Mesh

Both have same firmware

Still not connecting to each other, any idea?

[samantha_lynn]

Thank you for confirming that for me. This guide will walk you through how to set up Mesh in HiveManager- https://thehivecommunity.aerohive.com/s/article/Mesh-in-NG

[rkowals]

HiveManager 2018-12-12, build 18.12.1.11

[samantha_lynn]

Most importantly, we would need a clear line of site between the portal AP (the AP with a wired connection) and the remote AP (the AP without a wired connection).

It's best if we can get the APs on the same channel, same radio profiles, and same HiveOS version, or as close to the same as we can.

You would also want to eliminate as much competing traffic on the 2.4GHz band in the area as you can, as this band is more heavily used in general so it will experience more interference than 5GHz. We typically recommend using 5GHz when possible when meshing APs like this.

If you can let me know which HiveManager platform you are using, I can provide a guide for setting up a Mesh connection; HiveManager Classic (myhive.aerohive.com) or HiveManager (formerly NG, cloud.aerohive.com)?