Cisco 1152E as a Bridge

[Nasir1111]

Hi all,

Can we use Cisco aironet 1152E Mesh AP as a Point - to - Point bridge connecting 2 sites 1 Km apart.

Pls suggest the considerations before deplying.

Thanks in Advance

Regards,

Nasir Manzoor

[Scott Fella]

Is that the correct part number?

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[Nasir1111]

oops, its Cisco 1552E Mesh AP

[Scott Fella]

That is pretty far for mesh especially for omni antennas on the 1552. You should go with a PTP bridge. Cisco sells the Exalt r5005 that will get you 160mbps.

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[Nasir1111]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the information, but i guess Exalt r5005 is not oderable from Cisco directly ?

If not Cisco Aironet 1550 AP , what about 1520, 1300, 1400 AP ???

Regards,

[Amjad Abdullah · Accepted solution]

Hi Nasir,

I think you can use the mesh AP as a PTP link. But you have to enable ethernet bridging to achieve this.

check this: http://tiny.cc/325yiw

If this works for the 1Km distance, that all depends on your antenna.

Check mesh deployment guide about how to implement Point-to-Point links (enable ethernet bridging and that is it)

http://tiny.cc/005yiw

HTH

Amjad