# Mesh Network **URL:** https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/mesh-network/61290 **Category:** Enterprise Wi-Fi Networks **Created:** [April 16, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/mesh-network/61290 "2019-04-16T13:35:49Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![Chris\_Fikert](https://d10gw3vjmzyp8.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@Chris\_Fikert](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/Chris_Fikert) #### Post date: [April 16, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/mesh-network/61290/3 "2019-04-16T17:52:15Z")
Hello, I would echo the comments from Wright-Fi, with some additional comments/considerations below.  I can tell you first hand that an all mesh deployment in your scenario is going to be more of a headache than it's worth.  Each mesh link is called a 'hop' and each hop reduces throughput by about half.  We don't recommend going more than 2 hops deep.  Best practice would be to use a dual radio AP, with one radio (typically 5GHz) dedicated to the mesh backhaul (hop), and the other radio for client access.  While a single radio AP can also do mesh (backhaul and client access on the same radio), it is highly recommended that you don't do that. Each wired AP within a mesh network is called a 'root-AP/Bridge'; each mesh AP is called a 'non-root-AP/client'.  You need 1 root-AP at a minimum, but a more robust mesh network would use 2 or more root-AP's for a back-up connection into the network.  You can see that one of the considerations with mesh networks in general is the single point of failure with only 1 root-AP. Mesh is useful for 'one-off' AP deployments (i.e. the far AP in the warehouse), but is a serious pain if you want to get the entire facility up and running. Also, I would hesitate on using the E400 in general.  The E410, E600 and even the E430 (great solution for conference rooms) would be better choices. [http://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t5/cnPilot-E-Series-Enterprise-APs/How-do-I-set-up-a-multi-hop-mesh/m-p/69230#M90](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-multi-hop-mesh/49820) [http://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t5/cnPilot-E-Series-Enterprise-APs/Mesh-feature-FAQs/m-p/56242#U56242](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/mesh-feature-faqs/46151) [http://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t5/cnPilot-E-Series-Enterprise-APs/How-do-I-setup-a-wireless-mesh-repeater-mode/m-p/52498#M15](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/how-do-i-setup-a-wireless-mesh-repeater-mode/44767) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/mesh-network/61290)._