A method for an Access Point, AP, to manage a wireless repeater, comprising: receiving, by the AP, an Internet Protocol, IP, address request message that comprises a domain name of a repeater to be managed, the IP address request message being sent by a management console (step 101, step 205); parsing, by the AP, the IP address request message to obtain the domain name of the repeater to be managed (step 102, step 206); obtaining, by the AP, from a domain name management list, an IP address which is of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, wherein correspondence between an IP address of a repeater and domain name information of the repeater is recorded in the domain name management list (step 103, step 207); characterized by sending, by the AP, to the management console, the IP address which is of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed (step 104, step 208); wherein before the obtaining, from the domain name management list, the IP address which is of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, the method further comprises: receiving, by the AP, a report message that comprises an IP address and domain name information of a repeater, the report message being sent by the repeater (step 202); identifying, by the AP, the IP address and the domain name information of the repeater from the report message (step 203); and recording, by the AP, correspondence between the IP address and the domain name information in the domain name management list (step 204). receiving, by the AP, an Internet Protocol, IP, address request message that comprises a domain name of a repeater to be managed, the IP address request message being sent by a management console (step 101, step 205); parsing, by the AP, the IP address request message to obtain the domain name of the repeater to be managed (step 102, step 206); obtaining, by the AP, from a domain name management list, an IP address which is of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, wherein correspondence between an IP address of a repeater and domain name information of the repeater is recorded in the domain name management list (step 103, step 207); characterized by sending, by the AP, to the management console, the IP address which is of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed (step 104, step 208); wherein before the obtaining, from the domain name management list, the IP address which is of the repeater that corresponds to the domain name of the repeater to be managed, the method further comprises: receiving, by the AP, a report message that comprises an IP address and domain name information of a repeater, the report message being sent by the repeater (step 202); identifying, by the AP, the IP address and the domain name information of the repeater from the report message (step 203); and recording, by the AP, correspondence between the IP address and the domain name information in the domain name management list (step 204). receiving, by the AP, a report message that comprises an IP address and domain name information of a repeater, the report message being sent by the repeater (step 202); identifying, by the AP, the IP address and the domain name information of the repeater from the report message (step 203); and recording, by the AP, correspondence between the IP address and the domain name information in the domain name management list (step 204).