MR33 - Access poin in repeater mode in meraki

[Lucifer]

Hi,

One AP is showing in repeater mode. We haven't changed anything, Could any one please help me on this asap??

Thank you VERY much,

Lucifer....

[pjc]

Check the cabling, patch port, switch port to the affected AP.  Have seen it where the AP is powered up and in Mesh mode but not able to operate as a gateway, turned out to be cabling that had degraded.  Try rebooting the ap before you do that

[Gajananp]

I have installed new MR52 access point in network and it came online as repeater, We have given static IP to it but it still in repeater mode.

We have rebooted , Factory Reset but still have same problem.

can you help here 

[Bruce]

If your access point is coming online as a repeater then it’s most likely it can’t get an IP address via DHCP on the Ethernet connection. So check to make sure the cables are good, and that your subnet/VLAN and DHCP are correctly configured (and that there are spare DHCP addresses available). I don’t believe configuring a static IP address will work if the access point is running as a repeater.

[timeshimanshu]

@Lucifer  AP comes in repeater mode when it doesn't have the direction connection to the internet. Repeater mode AP could be a issue of bad cable, or bad power supply.

Sometimes rebooting the AP can fix the issue.

[PhilipDAth]

If you plug your notebook into the same switch port as the AP is in can you get to the Internet ok?

[Nash]

If I may suggest an ordered troubleshooting list:

1. Identify the switchport that the AP should be connected to.

2. Verify the switchport's config. If it's good, continue on. If it's misconfigured, fix that!

3. Connect a known-good device to that switchport. Do you get the connectivity you expect? Assign a static IP address if necessary.

4. If the switchport is good, start changing cables one at a time in between the switch and the AP. Make sure you know these cables are good.

4a. If there's a power injector involved, swap that out too if you can.

5. If the switchport is not good, configure an empty switchport to match the settings. Check it using your known-good device.

6. If the new switchport works on your device, connect your AP back in. 

7. If AP comes up, victory! Otherwise, do steps 4 and 4a.

[Asavoy]

I'm curious as to what the WAP is plugged in to. Most connectivity issues (working fine, then not with no change) with WAPs come down to a bad wire, a bad switch, or a bad WAP. I had one WAP that would randomly go to repeater mode and then back. Cable was fine, I re-tipped the ends, tried a different port, tried a different Meraki WAP, and always got the same result. I put a different brand WAP in place of it, and within a day I was alerted that the WAP had dropped down to 100mb from the 1000mb. I replaced the Cisco POE switch (SG300-28MP) a different brand of POE switch and haven't had a problem with that WAP since. Meraki does a bad job of defining why a WAP isn't functioning properly in many of these cases.

I've found that the model of switches that I inherited are junk, and have had 3 fail in the last month. Cisco reliability and stability ain't what it used to be!

[dt2714]

I have also seen this happen with the AP is coming online and downloading new firmware.   It correctly displays when the firmware was complete.

[Desu]

It should be a cable problem. I have encountered a similar problem. One of the APs was in repeater mode. Either the cable b/n the AP and the Switch is long or the cable has a problem.  When I checked it was connected to another AP wirelessly and the cable was not working. Once the cable problem was resolved it changed to Gateway mode.