Hello,

There is a command called "parent timeout".
Have you tried this?

Cheers,
Brendon

On 13/02/11 12:17 AM, "Stalder Dominic" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi Kristjan
>
>The same I thought though, but what would you configure, if the task would
>be something like:
>
>- Configure the WGB to prefer the parent 1240XXX, but if 1240XXX is not
>available, the WGB should be able to scan for other root aps
>
>Maybe the command "mobile station" would be helpful, but this only forces
>the WGB to scan for a new parent, before the old parent is lost. But I
>think, if you configure it in parallel with "parent", then only the parent
>list is scanned?
>
>I will try this on Monday, but maybe someone knows it right here ;-)
>
>Regards and have a nice weekend
>Dominic
>
>
>> Von: Kristján Ólafur E›var›sson <[email protected]>
>> Datum: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:17:25 +0000
>> An: "[email protected]"
>><[email protected]>
>> Cc: Dominic Stalder <[email protected]>
>> Betreff: 2. Question / Workgroup bridge parent command (Stalder Dominic)
>> 
>>    2. Question / Workgroup bridge parent command (Stalder Dominic)
>> 
>> 
>> Helo Dominic,
>> 
>> I was happy to refresh my memory on this. I had a Root vs. Repeater
>>setup. It
>> must be the same.
>> They key here is to test it if and see if the log gives you feedback
>> on what you need to know :D And this was the case now.
>> 
>> The answer according to my test below is: No it won´t try anything else
>>if the
>> only parent it has is not reachable.
>> 
>> cannot associate: Not specified parent (from 003a.9969.2c20)
>> 
>> Im my example I had no parents configured. Then configured a bogus
>>parent MAC
>> (see output below) and it couldn´t associate to anything.
>> When I entered the real root AP mac as parent 2, it immitiately
>>associated to
>> the "old" root.
>> 
>> RepeaterAP#sh dot11 ass
>> 
>> 802.11 Client Stations on Dot11Radio0:
>> 
>> SSID [BOB] : 
>> 
>> MAC Address    IP address      Device        Name            Parent
>> State     
>> 003a.9969.2c20 192.168.1.14    ap1240-Parent RootAP          -
>> Assoc    
>> 
>> RepeaterAP#conf t
>> Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
>> RepeaterAP(config)#int dot0
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#parent 1 0000.1111.2222
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:10:50.447: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Dot11Radio0, changed
>>state to
>> reset
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:10:50.470: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Dot11Radio0, changed
>>state to
>> down
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:10:51.447: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
>> Dot11Radio0, changed state to down
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:10:52.445: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0, changed
>>state
>> to up
>> *Mar 10 18:10:52.447: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface BVI1, changed state to
>>down
>> *Mar 10 18:10:53.445: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
>> FastEthernet0, changed state to up
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:10:53.447: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
>>BVI1,
>> changed state to down
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:10:58.976: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface BVI1, changed state to
>>up
>> *Mar 10 18:10:59.976: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
>>BVI1,
>> changed state to up
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:11:00.976: %DOT11-4-CANT_ASSOC: Interface Dot11Radio0, cannot
>> associate: Not specified parent (from 003a.9969.2c20)
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#parent 2 003a.9969.2c20
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:11:37.120: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Dot11Radio0, changed
>>state to
>> reset
>> *Mar 10 18:11:37.305: %DOT11-4-UPLINK_ESTABLISHED: Interface
>>Dot11Radio0,
>> Associated To AP RootAP 003a.9969.2c20 [None WPA PSK]
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:11:37.305: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Dot11Radio0, changed
>>state to
>> up
>> *Mar 10 18:11:38.305: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
>> Dot11Radio0, changed state to up
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#
>> *Mar 10 18:11:39.304: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0, changed
>>state
>> to down
>> *Mar 10 18:11:40.304: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
>> FastEthernet0, changed state to down
>> RepeaterAP(config-if)#do show run int dot0
>> Building configuration...
>> 
>> Current configuration : 338 bytes
>> !
>> interface Dot11Radio0
>>  no ip address
>>  no ip route-cache
>>  !
>>  encryption vlan 150 mode ciphers tkip
>>  !
>>  encryption vlan 1 mode ciphers tkip
>>  !
>>  ssid BOB
>>  !
>>  ssid client
>>  !
>>  parent 1 0000.1111.2222
>>  parent 2 003a.9969.2c20
>>  speed basic-1.0 basic-2.0 basic-5.5 6.0 9.0 basic-11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0
>>36.0
>> 48.0 54.0
>>  station-role repeater
>> end
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:27:10 +0000
>> From: Stalder Dominic <[email protected]>
>> To: "[email protected]"
>> <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [CCIE Wireless] Question / Workgroup bridge parent command
>> Message-ID: <c97acd8b.2f19%[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
>> 
>> Hi there
>> 
>> If I have to configure a workgroup bridge with a preferred parent and I
>> configure the following:
>> 
>> int dot 0
>>  parent xxxx.yyyy.zzzz
>> 
>> Will the WGB even try to associate to any other parent (not specified
>>in the
>> parent list), when the first parent is not available? Because in the
>> configuration guide is stated and this is not clear for me, based on
>>the text
>> below:
>> 
>> (Optional) Enter the MAC address for the access point to which the
>>workgroup
>> bridge should associate.
>> ?    You can enter MAC addresses for up to four parent access points.
>>The
>> workgroup bridge attempts to associate to MAC address 1 first; if that
>>access
>> point does not respond, the workgroup bridge tries the next access
>>point in
>> its parent list.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Dominic
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