Specifications

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Cisco Aironet Access Point Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Configuring the Radio and Basic Settings
Ethernet Configuration
Loss of Backbone Connectivity Action
This setting determines what action the access point takes when a loss of
backbone connectivity occurs after the time specified in the previous setting. The
following actions can be taken :
• No action—nothing is done.
• Switch to repeater mode—the access point disassociates all its current clients
and becomes a repeater during the period when its backbone connectivity is
lost. The access point attempts to communicate with another root access point
using the same SSIDs. If it establishes a connection, clients can associate
with the root access point through this repeater to maintain connectivity to the
backbone LAN. If an appropriate root access point is found, no clients can
associate to this access point.
• Shut the radio off—the access point effectively removes itself from the
infrastructure by disassociating its current clients and not allowing further
associations until backbone connectivity is restored.
• Restrict to SSID—the access point disassociates all its current clients and
switches to use the SSID configured in the Loss of Backbone Connectivity:
SSID setting. After this action is taken, only a client using the specified SSID
can associate with the access point, allowing an administrator to perform
failure recovery or diagnostic procedures.
Loss of Backbone Connectivity SSID
This setting specifies the SSID used by the access point if the Loss of Backbone
Connectivity Action setting is set as Restrict to SSID and backbone connectivity
is lost for longer than the time specified in the Loss of Backbone Connectivity:
Number of Seconds setting.
The setting also defines an administrator-only SSID an administrator uses to
communicate with the access point for diagnostic and failure-recovery purposes.
If VLANs are active on the access point, the VLAN names are displayed in the
Loss of Backbone Connectivity SSID field.
Note When backbone connectivity is restored, the access point restores itself to the
settings established during normal operation.