Chapter 8 Special Configurations
Setting Up a Repeater Access Point
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Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide
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You can set up either of the radios in your access point as a repeater; one radio
must be set up as a root unit. When one of the radios is a repeater, the access
point’s Ethernet port is blocked. However, you can still configure the access point
through the Ethernet port using a crossover cable when the repeater link is
disactivated.
Figure 8-1
shows an access point acting as a repeater.
Figure 8-1
Access Point as Repeater
You can set up a chain of several repeater access points, but throughput for client
devices at the end of the repeater chain will be quite low. Because each repeater
must receive and then re-transmit each packet on the same channel, throughput is
cut in half for each repeater you add to the chain.
Access Point
(Root Unit)
Access Point
(Repeater)
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Wired LAN