meraki AP not working when it falls to repeater mode

[Richcarr]

Sorry for the long post....I have seen this a lot lately.  We have Meraki deployed at 52 campuses with various models at different campuses.  For some reason, when an AP MR46(which is the current model I am troubleshooting) looses the connection to the network (port issue on the switch) and the AP drops into "repeater mode"  It will allow clients to connect, but they can not get out... to any website.  I thought repeater mode was supposed to allow the clients to connect through other access points that the access point connects to due to hardline network failler.  Am I missing something, or is there a setting we have missed that allows "repeater" mode access to the clients... we have access points in every classroom, and it seems when a access point goes into repeater mode, it seems to be a magnet for all the classes around it, causing no one to be able to get to the internet, even though there is a working access point in the classroom they are in.....

[alemabrahao]

A very simple question: are customers at least receiving IP addresses?

Have you opened a support case yet?

[PhilipDAth]

Also;

• What does the Meraki Dashboard say about the client?
• What does Wireless Health say?
• Do DNS queries work.
• Can you ping the default gateway?
• Can you ping something on the Internet like 8.8.8.8?
• Can you ping something like google.com?

[alemabrahao]

If the repeater AP cannot find a nearby gateway with a valid route to the internet, it will still broadcast SSIDs but won’t pass traffic.

Gateway AP Switches to Repeater Mode - Cisco Meraki Documentation

[PhilipDAth]

Also check out this guide to resolving wireless issues.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Wireless_Troubleshooting/Wireless_Issue_Resolution_Guide