Help understanding zigbee repeater (Ikea Tradfri)

I recently got some Zigbee bulbs, and I was interested in improving the mesh in my basement, so I also picked up the Ikea Tradfri zigbee repeater. I have the device added to my network, but it's hard to figure out if it's doing anything.

The 'last update time' is stale. The 'get link quality' and 'get route table' commands seemingly do nothing. Am I missing something, or is this just how a repeater should work?

Keep a live log page open before clicking either of those buttons on the device page.

Ok cool, that's giving me some feedback. Looks like one of my bulbs down there is routing through it, and the other one isn't. Is there any way to force it? Should I try to?