SA520W & AP541N /AP1252 Wireless bridging

here's our current setup
50Mbps Docsis 3.0 cable -->ASA5505 -->SMC 802.11n bridge --->Cisco AP1252 -->2960G 8 port - with a 24 port unmanaged daisychained to it ...right now clients only connect on the 5ghz only using MSRADIUS PEAP to MSFT WIN2008V2 Domain & Wireless bridge is WPA2-PSK on 2.4GHZ
obviously not the best setup... some things are monitored with CNA others ASDM
can the 520W wireless bridge using WPA2-PSK (or MS Radius PEAP) to either an AP1252 or an AP541N
we are thinking of UPGRADING .. to the following setup
Cable modem --->SA520W --->AP541N -->ESW540-24P-K9 (or use the AP1252 Dual Radio's Instead of the AP541N... would the AP1252support Standard POE with this ESW switch ? or require MCS be turned down in power to support both radios.?. or just be able to use a single Radio? as we were told a 3750G switch would be needed for full 18.5W POE
instead of using 2.4ghz for the bridge & 5ghz for the clients.. (since the AP541N only support 2.4 or 5GHZ switchable not both) can both the clients & bridge all use MS Radius PEAP to Win2008 PDC or would we be forced to use WPA2-PSK with the SA520W & AP541N solution
can this all be managed using a single tool...? and if so what are the differances between CCA & CNA as they basically appear to do the same thing?
our other thoughts were an intergrated router with Cable modem 802.11N & Gigabit in a single box.
we looked at the 1941W problem is it doesn't support a Docsis 3.0 HWIC (only Docsis 2.0) but we could have an IPS Module + Gigabyte switch card.. for a "single box solution.." but the cost was too expensive for a small business..
thanks again for your assistance as Cisco appears to have many overlapping products.
Kevin

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Thanks for the prompt answer. I don't see the feature and it is a dissapointment, so much for SMB equipment integration. It is interesting that the documentation states under the "Factory Default Settings" that ;
Clustering of Access Points - unique to AP54x - disabled
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As long as you intend to do this over ethernet it will work.. you cannot easily wireless repeat or bridge to an apple router.. you would need specific hardware to do it.
What is the exact model of netgear you have?
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You use WAN bypass.
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3. Plug ethernet from LAN of the main router to LAN of the Netgear. Reboot the whole network is often necessary.
4. In your computer plugged somewhere in the network.. open browser and go to the address you set.. 10.0.1.250 in my example.
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Denver: I did not actually understand what kind of bridging you want to do?
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If correct, It looks like the issue is with the distance/barriers between your modem and router. You need to try to eliminate some barriers in between to get better signl. Try also to put the devices as close as possible to each other.
HTH
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Welcome to the discussions, DanSwiggsD!
If you have a non-Apple device as your main router, unfortunately the AirPort Extreme has almost no chance of compatibility with your main router.
If you do have an Apple router as your main device, please post back with your model number and we'll let you know how your devices should be configured.
If you don't have an Apple device as your main router you have a few options to connect the xbox:
1) A pair of ethernet powerline adapters could be used if you did not want to run a regular ethernet cable from your main router to the xbox.
2) The new AirPort Express 802.11n model does have a feature called Proxy STA which should allow it to receive a wireless signal from any wireless router and allow the ethernet port to be enabled.
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Share network traffic between 2 parallel wireless bridges - What kit?

Dear All,
I'm a technology professional, but mainly in electronic design rather than high end networking. Hence my request for your advice.
I wish to specify some items of kit that I can ask a networking professional to fit and configure to solve my particular application.
I would like to use (and already have in place) two parallel wireless bridges between 2 buildings. One is on 2.4GHz and the other is on 5GHz. In my simple testing so far (of each link in turn), they both work brilliantly. So far, these are in place just for test purposes, but soon I will be required to make the system "live".
The reason I'm doing this is to split network traffic over both links (to possibly get enhanced bandwidth) but to mainly build in redundancy should one link fail.
What kit is required to do this (apart from the 4 access points configured as bridges)?
I imagine I may need a load balancing device(s) or possibly something more suitable for this task.
I'd like the solution to be very transparent to the rest of the system, I'd like it to "look" like it's a simple wireless bridge (but really it's a highly robust dual bridge). I hope my waffle makes sense.
Any thoughts?
Best regards,
L.O.

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