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AP Management

This chapter shows you how to configure wireless AP management options on your NXC.

8.1 AP Management Overview

The NXC allows you to remotely manage all of the wireless station Access Points (APs) on your network. You can manage a number of APs without having to configure them individually as the NXC automatically handles basic configuration for you.

The commands in this chapter allow you to add, delete, and edit the APs managed by the NXC 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.

Figure 11 Example AP Management

A B C

D

In this example, the NXC (A) connects up to a number of Power over Ethernet switches, such as the ES-2025 PWR (B). They connect to the NWA5160N Access Points (C), which in turn provide access to the network for the wireless clients within their broadcast radius.

Let’s say one AP (D) starts giving you trouble. You can log into the NXC 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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