[c-nsp] Aironet 1200 repeater

[Kristofer Sigurdsson]

Hi list,

I have some experience with setting up Aironet wireless networks, but up
until now, I have not extended their range by the use of repeaters.  I was
trying to get it to work yesterday, but unfortunately, I hit some problems.
I'm using Aironet 1242, 802.11G interfaces.

I managed to get the repeater to associate to the root AP (only once,
though, shouldn't it associate twice, once for the AP, once for it's virtual
interface?).  The status light on the repeater was a steady blue, instead of
the steady green it was supposed to be (?).

When clients associated with the root AP, they were fine.  Everything worked
smoothly.  When they associated with the repeater, they could not go any
further than to the repeater.  That is, they could ping and telnet to the
repeater, but not to the root AP, or anything behind it.  When telnet'd into
the repeater, I could ping/telnet/whatever from there, though.

Any hints?

Here's the config for both:

AP1 (root AP):

Current configuration : 1794 bytes
!
version 12.4
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
!
hostname xxx_ap1
!
enable secret 5 <deleted>
!
no aaa new-model
!
resource policy
!
ip subnet-zero
!
!
!
dot11 ssid xxx
   authentication open
   guest-mode
!
!
!
username yyy password 7 <deleted>
bridge irb
!
!
interface Dot11Radio0
 no ip address
 no ip route-cache
 !
 encryption key 1 size 40bit 7 <deleted> transmit-key
 encryption mode wep mandatory
 !
 ssid xxx
 !
 speed  basic-1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 6.0 9.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
 channel 2437
 station-role root access-point
 bridge-group 1
 bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
 bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
 no bridge-group 1 source-learning
 no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
 bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
!
interface Dot11Radio1
 no ip address
 no ip route-cache
 shutdown
 !
 encryption key 1 size 40bit 7 <deleted> transmit-key
 encryption mode wep mandatory
 !
 ssid xxx
 !
 no dfs band block
 channel dfs
 station-role root
 bridge-group 1
 bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
 bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
 no bridge-group 1 source-learning
 no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
 bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
!
interface FastEthernet0
 no ip address
 no ip route-cache
 duplex auto
 speed auto
 bridge-group 1
 no bridge-group 1 source-learning
 bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
!
interface BVI1
 ip address x.y.z.201 255.255.255.0
 no ip route-cache
!
ip default-gateway x.y.z.1
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip http help-path
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/smbiz/prodconfig/help/eag
!
control-plane
!
bridge 1 route ip
!
!
!
line con 0
line vty 0 4
 login local
!
end



AP2 (repeater):

version 12.4
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
!
hostname xxx_ap2
!
enable secret 5 <deleted>
no aaa new-model
!
resource policy
!
ip subnet-zero
!
!
!
dot11 ssid xxx
   authentication open
   guest-mode
   infrastructure-ssid
!
!
!
username yyy password 7 <deleted>
bridge irb
!
!
interface Dot11Radio0
 no ip address
 no ip route-cache
 !
 encryption key 1 size 40bit 7 <deleted> transmit-key
 encryption mode wep mandatory
 !
 ssid fjolugata
 !
 speed  basic-1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 6.0 9.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
 station-role repeater
 bridge-group 1
 bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
 bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
 no bridge-group 1 source-learning
 no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
 bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
!
interface Dot11Radio1
 no ip address
 no ip route-cache
 shutdown
 !
 encryption key 1 size 40bit 7 <deleted> transmit-key
 encryption mode wep mandatory
 !
 ssid xxx
 !
 no dfs band block
 channel dfs
 station-role root
 bridge-group 1
 bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
 bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
 no bridge-group 1 source-learning
 no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
 bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
!
interface FastEthernet0
 no ip address
 no ip route-cache
 duplex auto
 speed auto
 bridge-group 1
 no bridge-group 1 source-learning
 bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
!
interface BVI1
 ip address x.y.z.202 255.255.255.0
 no ip route-cache
!
ip default-gateway x.y.z.1
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip http help-path
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/smbiz/prodconfig/help/eag
!
control-plane
!
bridge 1 route ip
!
!
!
line con 0
line vty 0 4
 login local
!
end

Thanks in advance,
Kristo