WEC8500/8050 Operation Manual Version 5.2Samsung Electronics America page 198 of 5335.1.4 Managing Root ServiceTo provide a wireless LAN service where cable installation is difficult, a W-EP AP can beconfigured as a repeater mode to relay wireless LAN traffics. To configure this kind ofnetwork, the Repeater AP and Root AP are required. The Repeater AP is working as awireless terminal and the Root AP connects a Repeater AP to a wireless terminal forconnection to the APC.The root AP must be enabled with the repeater service to allow repeater AP connections.Configuration using CLI1) Go to configure apc configuration mode of CLI.WEC8500# configure terminalWEC8500/configure# apcWEC8500/configure/apc#2) Enable or disable the repeater service. The repeater service must be enabled for therepeater AP to connect to the root AP. repeater-service: Enabled no repeater-service: Disabled3) Use the ‘show wlan detail repeater’ command to check the root WLAN settings.WEC8500/configure/apc# show wlan detail repeater[Changing to Root AP]The procedure of changing a W-EP AP to a Root AP is as follows:1) Go to configure mode of CLI.WEC8500# configure terminal2) Check the registered AP list.WEC8500/configure# show ap summary3) Go to AP configuration mode to change to a Root AP.WEC8500/configure# ap ap_1
