Cisco 350 AP 12.05 as repeater help

Hi

This link may be of some use

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk schrieb:

If your WLAN Router is not a Cisco Aironet device, this won't work.

An Aironet Repeater can only associate to another Aironet AP/Bridge/Repeater. Enabling the Aironet Extensions is mandatory.

The throughput of stations associated to a repeater is much less than the half. The repeater's radio transmits and receives on the same channel and it must be within the coverage of the root AP's cell. So there will be many collisions or the overhead of a RTS/CTS protocol.

Thanks both for the help. So, i guess i can forget this idea as my base WLAN router is not a Cisco (Fritzbox)? What if i do have a LAN line to the Cisco, would this combination work with a non-Cisco bas WLAN router? Any other ideas how i can extend my range with the equipment i have (Fritzbox 7050 and the Cisco)? Thanks for the help all.

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk schrieb:

Yes. Why not? The AIR-352 AP is an excellent 802.11b AP that will work without pain with any WLAN client. So the two WLAN APs (the one integrated in your AVM Fritzbox and the Aironet) are working standalone. Seamless roaming may work or not, if this is in issue in your setup.

So, can i still set up the Cisco with DHCP, being a client to the Fritzbox, and getting its address/gateway from the Fritzbox? How would clients to the Cisco then get their addresses, etc? Would they get them also from the Fritzbox, but by way of the Cisco? I think i'm confusing myself now slowly .....

Well

What happens when you try it ?

When i do this, the Cisco gets an adress from the Fritzbox, no problem. However, the WLAN of the cisco says it has no link, see the paste below. Part of the problem might be that the Fritzbox is setup with WEP. However, i have tried to enter the WEP key into the Cisco, but it does not store it. When i refresh the page, the WEP key is alway gone. BTW, before i had the Fritzbox i had the Cisco setup as my standalone WLAN, with WEP, and all worked great. In fact, the Cisco has a much larger range than any other WLAN AP I've used, which is why i want to get this configured.

"Network Ports Diagnostics

Device Status Mb/s IP Addr. MAC Addr. Ethernet Up 100.0 TheBusyHomeRepeater 00409654cb47 Repeater Radio No Link 11.0 TheBusyHomeRepeater 00409654cb47 "

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