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Chapter 18 Configuring Repeater and Standby Access Points
Configuring a Repeater Access Point
Default Configuration
Access points are configured as root units by default.
Table 18-1
shows the default values for settings
that control the access point’s role in the wireless LAN.
Guidelines for Repeaters
Follow these guidelines when configuring repeater access points:
•
Use repeaters to serve client devices that do not require high throughput. Repeaters extend the
coverage area of your wireless LAN, but they drastically reduce throughput.
•
Use repeaters when most if not all client devices that associate with the repeaters are Cisco Aironet
clients. Non-Cisco client devices sometimes have trouble communicating with repeater access
points.
Setting Up a Repeater
Beginning in Privileged Exec mode, follow these steps to configure an access point as a repeater:
Table 18-1 Default Settings for Role in Wireless LAN
Feature
Default Setting
Station role
Root
Parent
none
Extensions
Aironet
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
interface dot11radio 0
Enter interface configuration mode for the radio interface.
Step 3
ssid
ssid-string
Create the SSID that the repeater uses to associate to a root access
point; in the next step designate this SSID as an infrastructure
SSID. If you created an infrastructure SSID on the root access
point, create the same SSID on the repeater, also.
Step 4
infrastructure-ssid
[
optional
]
Designate the SSID as an infrastructure SSID. The repeater uses
this SSID to associate to the root access point. Infrastructure
devices must associate to the repeater access point using this
SSID unless you also enter the
optional
keyword.
Step 5
exit
Exit SSID configuration mode and return to radio interface
configuration mode.
Step 6
station-role repeater
Set the access point’s role in the wireless LAN to repeater.
Step 7
dot11 extensions aironet
If Aironet extensions are disabled, enable Aironet extensions.