2802E as a Wireless Bridge

[patelvc7601]

We have 2802E Cisco AP. We wanted to use as wireless bridge . In older ap there was standalone mode 

but with newer ap whatever I read it's not supported anymore & this ap comes with mobility express.

Can you set up the bridge mode in Mobility express ? 

which AP is supported for this bridge mode ? is bridge mode is same as WGB ?

Sincerely

Viral Patel

[Scott Fella]

There is not bridge support in Mobility Express. 2702 & 3702 would of been a better choice for now until they implement that feature in Mobility Express.

[Paccers]

Just wanted to bump this thread, we have had 3702Es going for a while as our primary point-to-point bridging solution with the odd 1532 required here and there for longer distances, cannot buy the 3702s (new) anymore obviously since last year.

I have seen some recent stuff recently about using ME to do a mesh bridge but I'm needing P2P, not crazy distances but the 1562 seems overkill for what I require. Possibly $$ as well? Has anyone found an alternative to using 3702Es with autonomous images for P2P bridge?

[Scott Fella]

You should look at other vendors that specifically build P2P bridges. Bridgewave, Exalt, or lower cost Ubiquity.

[Rasika Nayanajith]

All these latest Wave2 APs (2800/3800/2560) do not support autonomous mode. Therefore no direct replacement for point to point autonomous bridge (mesh or WGB is the alternative solution). But from a reliability point of view, it has not come closer to those autonomous AP. Here is how you can configure wave2 AP as WGB if you are interested

https://mrncciew.com/2020/07/07/cisco-2800-3800-ap-as-wgb/ 

I would see if you can buy those 3702 from elsewhere if that solution worked best for you.

HTH

Rasika