Repeater Unit That Extends Wireless Range - Cisco AIR-BR350-A-K9 - Aironet 350 Wireless Bridge Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 1 Overview

Repeater Unit That Extends Wireless Range

The bridge can be configured as a repeater to extend the range of your infrastructure or to overcome an
obstacle that blocks radio communication. The repeater forwards traffic between wireless users and the
wired LAN by sending packets to another repeater or to a root bridge or root access point connected to
the wired LAN.
LAN segment to the main root LAN.
Figure 1-3
LAN segment A
LAN segment B
A similar repeater function can be configured using repeater access points to extend the range of wireless
clients from the main root LAN. When you configure a bridge as a repeater access point, the
Spanning-Tree Protocol is deactivated.
If you use a bridge as a repeater, the data throughput is cut in half.
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Figure 1-3 shows a bridge acting as a repeater (Non-root Bridge w/Clients) to bridge a
Bridge as Repeater
File server
Workstation A
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