Setting up a repeater as a wpa client – Rockwell Automation 1783-WAPxxx Stratix 5100 Wireless Access Point User Manual User Manual

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Rockwell Automation Publication 1783-UM006A-EN-P - May 2014

Chapter 20

Configuring Repeater and Standby Access Points and Workgroup Bridge Mode

5. Configure the username and password that the repeater uses when it

performs LEAP authentication. This username and password must match
the username and password that you set up for the repeater on the
authentication server.

authentication client username username

password password

6. (Optional) Designate the SSID as the SSID that other access points and

workgroup bridges use to associate to this access point. If you don’t
designate an SSID as the infrastructure SSID, infrastructure devices can
associate to the access point by using any SSID. If you designate an SSID as
the infrastructure SSID, infrastructure devices must associate to the access
point by using that SSID unless you also enter the optional keyword.

infrastructure ssid [optional]

7. Return to privileged EXEC mode.

end

8. (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

copy running-config startup-config

Setting Up a Repeater as a
WPA Client

WPA key management uses a combination of encryption methods to protect
communication between client devices and the access point. You can set up a
repeater access point to authenticate to your network like other WPA-enabled
client devices.

Beginning in Privileged Exec mode, follow these steps to set up the repeater as a
WPA client:

1. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

2. Enter interface configuration mode for the radio interface.

The 2.4 GHz radio and the 2.4 GHz 802.11n radio is 0.
The 5 GHz radio and the 5 GHz 802.11n radio is 1.

interface dot11radio { 0 | 1 }

3. Create an SSID and enter SSID configuration mode for the new SSID.

The SSID can consist of up to 32 alphanumeric characters, but do not
include spaces. SSIDs are case-sensitive.

ssid ssid-string

4. Enable open authentication for the SSID.

authentication open

5. Enable WPA authenticated key management for the SSID.

authentication key-management wpa

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