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1.1  Determine the Management Method
Before building your network, choose a proper method to manage your EAPs. You have 
the following two options:
 ■ Controller Mode
If you  want to  manage  a large-scale  network centrally,  choose Controller  Mode.  In 
Controller Mode, you can configure and monitor mass EAPs, switches, and gateways 
via Omada SDN Controller. For detailed instructions, go to the Support Page of Omada 
Controller and download the User Guide.
 ■ Standalone Mode
If you want to manage only a few EAPs, choose Standalone Mode. In Standalone Mode, 
you can singly configure and monitor your EAPs via Omada APP or a web browser, and 
each EAP has its own management page.
This chapter introduces how to start configuring the EAP in Standalone Mode.
Note:
 • Standalone Mode is inaccessible while the EAP is managed by a controller. To turn the EAP back 
to Standalone Mode, you can forget the EAP on the controller or reset the EAP.
 • To make your EAPs discovered by the controller, you need to configure 
5.2 Controller Settings
 
in certain scenarios.