Wi-Fi HaLow Mesh Point Mode

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This topic describes how to enable the Mesh_point mode on the HelTec Wi-Fi HaLow device.

Summary

Mesh Point is a node in an 802.11s mesh network, which has to be in conjunction with the Mesh Gate to work. Mesh Gate provides both a Mesh Point and a co-located non-mesh network (e.g. an AP, an upstream Ethernet connection, etc.). It broadcasts mesh gate announcements to help align the mesh nodes, making it easier for traffic to reach the non-mesh network.

As shown below:

Enter Configuration Page

How to enter the configuration mode page” please refer to the corresponding product documentation.

Basic Settings

  1. Enter the configuration page, select the Country, set the Hostname, and click next. “Hostname” refers to the hostname of your device in the Wi-Fi HaLow network.

  2. Enter the configuration page and select “802.11s Mesh Wizard”, click next.

  3. Select “Mesh Point”, click next.

  4. Set the relevant parameters in the pop-up page, with the parameter descriptions as follows:

    • Mesh ID & Passphrase, Set a Mesh ID and passphrase, and only devices with the same ID and Passphrase can form a Mesh network.

    • Bandwidth & Channel, Available Bandwidths and Channels differ greatly across regions. The higher your bandwidth, the greater the potential throughput of the connection. If you’re deploying multiple HaLow access points you may want to select distinct channels and a lower bandwidth to reduce interference.

After completing the above steps, click Next.

  1. Choose the traffic mode based on your needs, click next .

We recommend the “Bridge” mode. The main differences between the modes are as follows:

Traffic mode

Description

None

Non-HaLow and HaLow networks are isolated. This device will use a static IP address
and run a DHCP server on the non-HaLow interface

Bridge

Non-HaLow devices obtain IPs from your HaLow link

Extender

Non-HaLow devices obtain IPs from the DHCP server on this device and this device
uses NAT to forward IP traffic

Enable 2.4G Wi-Fi Access Point

This HaLow device is also capable of 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi. If you enable a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi Access Point, you will be able to connect non-HaLow Wi-Fi clients to this device.

After enabling this feature, you need to set the 2.4G Access Point’s SSID, password, encryption.

Complete configuration

Complete the configuration and apply.

When the green or blue light remains steady, it indicates that the network connection is successful.

Via AP remote access

  1. Connect the PC(Laptop) to the device 2.4G AP. The default SSID is HT-XXXX-xxxx, and the default password is heltec.org.

  1. Enter “192.168.100.1” in the browser. Default account “root”, default password “heltec.org”.

IP-Based connection

  1. Connect the PC(Laptop) to the same LAN as the device, and go to the configration page. Find the IP address of the corresponding device.

  2. Go to this IP address, default account “root”, default password “heltec.org”.

For other modes , please refer to the Wi-Fi HaLow Usage guide.