WLAN mesh can simultaneously carry two different traffic types, WLAN client traffic and MAP bridge traffic. WLAN client traffic terminates on the WLAN Controller, and the bridge traffic terminates on the Ethernet ports of the 1500 mesh APs. The Bridge traffic doesn't reach the WLC. If a mesh node is working as a MAP, then the Ethernet port on the MAP gets locked. This has been done for the security reasons. If someone wants to use Ethernet port for deploying point to point and point (P2P) to multipoint bridging (P2MP) networks or to connect external devices, one must enable it on the controller for each MAP.
