Rockwell Automation 1783-WAPxxx Stratix 5100 Wireless Access Point User Manual - Manual (Page 522)

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Chapter 20 Configuring Repeater and Standby Access Points and Workgroup Bridge Mode
To set up repeaters, you must enable Aironet extensions on both the parent (root)
access point and the repeater access points. Aironet extensions are enabled by
default. This improve the access point's ability to understand the capabilities of
Cisco Aironet client devices associated with the access point. Disabling Aironet
extensions sometimes improves the interoperability between the access point and
non-Cisco client devices. Non-Cisco client devices can have difficulty
communicating with repeater access points and the root access point to which
repeaters are associated.
The infrastructure SSID must be assigned to the native VLAN. If more than one
VLAN is created on an access point or wireless bridge, an infrastructure SSID
cannot be assigned to a non-native VLAN. The following message appears when
the infrastructure SSID is configured on non-native VLAN:
SSID [xxx] must be configured as native-vlan before
enabling infrastructure-ssid
This figure shows an access point acting as a repeater.
Figure 122 - Access Point as a Repeater
TIP Because access points create a virtual interface for each radio interface,
repeater access points associate to the root access point twice: once for the
actual interface and once for the virtual interface.
You cannot configure multiple VLANs on repeater access points. Repeater
access points support only the native VLAN.
Access Point
(Root Unit)
Access Point
(Repeater)
66000
Wired LAN