[smartBridges] Repeater taking the AP down

[Roger Hartley]

I'm new to having an aPPO in repeater mode, but it's what I need to have 
a booth at the county fair and demonstrate wireless internet. No way to 
get a link directly from the main AP at the space available, but only a 
few hundred yards away I can get a usuable signal. So I put in an aPPO 
and tried it in repeater mode. I had trouble associating an aBO with it 
and then found out that the whole network had gone down when I tried it. 
I took the repeater offline and the main aPPO came right back to life.

I tried it slightly more methodically the next time and made sure at 
each step the network was working properly. I first put the aPPO in 
client/bridge mode and got some really good speed tests. I was doing 
fine at nearly the full speed of my T1, so I switched it into repeater 
mode and made sure that everyone was able to still surf, no problems. 
Everything was A-Okay. So I went to the area where my display would be 
and tried associating to the main AP through the repeater and it went 
silky smooth. Then I tried a few speed tests, the first two or three 
went well, but then it started slowing down and then came to a halt. And 
the whole network came to a halt as well. I had to unplug the repeater 
aPPO to get the network back on line. What am I doing wrong here?

How is this repeater bringing down the main AP???

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