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Unsuccessfully creating mesh network

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Let me start by saying I'm not well versed in networking. I know the basics. I bought two Ruckus R710 units. I want to create a mesh network. I've watched the youtube tutorials. It's all very straight forward. I'm running into the same problem no matter what I try. I configure one AP with a static and assign an SSID. Without enabling mesh the unit works just fine. When I enable mesh, the unit reboots, then broadcasts a Recover.me##### SSID. I am unable to acces the web gui via assigned IP or default IP. I just want to create a mesh network with bot R710s, using one AP as the master, but once I enable mesh I have to restore to default to gain access again to try it again. What am I missing???

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syamantakomer

Hi Mike,

Make sure master AP (which will also be the root AP for this setup) is connected to wired network correctly and you are configuring correct static IP/subnetmask/gateway.

Post enabling the mesh, if AP is unable to reach gateway IP, it will start showing island or recover.me SSID.

You can connect to island or recover.me SSID using APs serial number as password. Try to connect and then check if you are able to access the AP in isolated state. If yes, SSH into it and then try to ping gateway IP.

If gateway IP is not reachable, this means there is some issue with network connection or IP configuration.

unknown

How do I do this - "SSH into it and then try to ping gateway IP." ?

unknown

Additionally: The recover.me###### SSID appears but once I connect I am not prompted to enter a password. I can connect to the SSID but the URL unleashed.ruckuswireless.com and the assigned IP do not connect to the web gui.

If I assign a static IP of lets say 172.16.2.2, and a gateway IP 172.16.2.1 and subnet 255.255.255.0 and DNS server IP 172.16.2.1, I can connect properly and my peripheral devices can connect to the network, as does the second R710 wired via ethernet. The system works fine wired. But as soon as I enable mesh I het the problems stated above.

syamantakomer

Could you please share a basic network topology.

Do you want to use mesh or enabling it for future use?

You can SSH into AP with it's IP address and the username password (whatever you created during setup wizard).

syamantakomer

Do you mean to say none of the APs are connected to the wired network? If yes, this will not work.

Mesh will only work when there is at least one AP connected to wired network (this AP is called root AP). Other APs can connect to this root AP if they are close enough to it's coverage area.

Below is the example topology in which mesh will work.

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If you don't want internet access, you may achieve it by not routing the IP subnet's traffic from the gateway, to the internet (a VLAN interface with no routing to the internet) or use ACLs on WLAN config to pass just DHCP traffic.