Configuring a 3500 series Access Point as an OfficeExtend Access Point

There are a couple of great how-to guides for configuring Office Extend APs on the web. Once upon a time, documentation for the OfficeExtend feature was a rarity. Back then the only guidance was from this great post from Blake: Cisco OfficeExtend AP600. Now we have the config guide from Cisco: Aironet 600 Series OfficeExtend Access Point Configuration Guide

I used Blake's post about OfficeExtend

H-Reap factoids as of 11/2010

Taken from the H-REAP deployment guide:


The CAPWAP, on which Cisco's Unified Wireless Network architecture is based, specifies two different primary modes of wireless access point operation:


Split-MAC—In Split-MAC mode, the system shares key functions of the 802.11 specification between the access point and the controller. In such a configuration, the controller is not only responsible for