Verifying Repeater Operation - Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 18 Configuring Repeater and Standby Access Points
Command
Step 8 parent {1-4} mac-address
[timeout]
Step 9 end
Step 10 copy running-config
startup-config
This example shows how to set up a repeater acess point with three potential parents:
AP# configure terminal
AP(config)# interface dot11radio 0
AP(config-if)# ssid chicago
AP(config-ssid)# infrastructure-ssid
AP(config-ssid)# exit
AP(config-if)# station-role repeater
AP(config-if)# dot11 extensions aironet
AP(config-if)# parent 1 0987.1234.h345 900
AP(config-if)# parent 2 7809.b123.c345 900
AP(config-if)# parent 3 6543.a456.7421 900
AP(config-if)# end

Verifying Repeater Operation

After you set up the repeater, check the LEDs on top of the repeater access point. If your repeater is
functioning correctly, the LEDs on the repeater and the root access point to which it is associated behave
like this:
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The repeater access point should also appear as associated with the root access point in the root access
point's Association Table.
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The status LED on the root access point is steady green, indicating that at least one client device is
associated with it (in this case, the repeater).
The status LED on the repeater access point is steady green when it is associated with the root access
point and the repeater has client devices associated to it. The repeater's status LED flashes (steady
green for 7/8 of a second and off for 1/8 of a second) when it is associated with the root access point
but the repeater has no client devices associated to it.
Purpose
(Optional) Enter the MAC address for the access point to which
the repeater should associate.
You can enter MAC addresses for up to four parent access
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points. The repeater attempts to associate to MAC address 1
first; if that access point does not respond, the repeater tries
the next access point in its parent list.
(Optional) You can also enter a timeout value in seconds that
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determines how long the repeater attempts to associate to a
parent access point before trying the next parent in the list.
Enter a timeout value from 0 to 65535 seconds.
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
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