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CHAPTER 7
AP Management
This chapter shows you how to configure wireless AP management options on your NWA/WAC.
7.1 AP Management Overview
The NWA/WAC allows you to remotely manage all of the Access Points (APs) on your network. You
can manage a number of APs without having to configure them individually as the NWA/WAC
automatically handles basic configuration for you.
The commands in this chapter allow you to add, delete, and edit the APs managed by the NWA/
WAC by means of the CAPWAP protocol. An AP must be moved from the wait list to the
management list before you can manage it. If you do not want to use this registration mechanism,
you can disable it and then any newly connected AP is registered automatically.
The following figure illustrates a CAPWAP wireless network. The user (U) configures the controller
AP (C), which then automatically updates the configurations of the managed APs (M1 ~ M4).
Figure 9 CAPWAP Network Example
Let’s say one AP (M3) starts giving you trouble. You can log into the NWA/WAC via console or
Telnet and troubleshoot, such as viewing its traffic statistics or reboot it or even remove it
altogether from the list of viable APs that stations can use.
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