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Chapter 12 Special Configurations
Setting Up a Repeater Access Point
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.
Omni-directional antennas, like the ones that ship with your access point, are best
suited for repeater access points.
If you use EAP authentication on your wireless network, you can set up the
repeater access point to authenticate using LEAP. See the “Setting up a Repeater
Access Point as a LEAP Client” section on page 8-27 for instructions on enabling
LEAP on a repeater.
Follow these steps to set up a repeater access point:
Step 1 Use the Quick Start Guide: Cisco Aironet Access Points and the information in
this manual to set up an access point as a root unit on the wired LAN.
Step 2 Write down the root-unit access point’s MAC address. The MAC address appears
on the label on the bottom of the access point.
Step 3 The repeater access point will need to duplicate some of the root access point’s
settings. If the root access point has been completely configured, browse to the
root access point and write down the following settings so you can refer to them
when you set up the repeater access point:
• SSID (found on the Express Setup page)
• Default IP Subnet Mask (also on the Express Setup page)
Note You can also rely on the DHCP server to assign a default IP subnet
mask.
• Default Gateway (also on the Express Setup page)
Note You can also rely on the DHCP server to assign a default gateway.
• Data rates (found on the AP Radio Hardware page)
• WEP settings (found on the AP Radio Data Encryption page)
• Authentication Types (found on the AP Radio Data Encryption page)