Thanks for the clarification

You are correct. Bridging and mesh are not the same. Yes those AP 's I mentioned have those capabilities. I stated I don't know enough about the unifi. I also mentioned that I do not know about The capabilities of the instant in AP.

I would be shocked if this worked. The APs are for connecting wireless clients to the network, not for also bridging networks. @ mrmadgig wrote that this works with "real" (enterprise) APs like Aruba, Ruckus, Cisco but referenced UniFi in the same ...

Thank you all for your inputs & feedback. I have already reached out to the reseller through whom the switch was purchased for initiating RMA ------------------------------ Ruchira Chandra ------------------------------

I would think without checking the product specs that it the AP sees a wired connection it does not allow/ do/go into the mesh mode. That would be a product limitation. try this with a real enterprise AP and see that you get and swap out the Instant ...

I am using a PoE injector for the AP, and using another PoE injector for the camera... The 2 data connectors on the PoE injectors I connect with each other... I tried the same by connecting the camera and the AP on an Instant On 1930 switch with PoE ...