Chapter 1 Introducing the NWA
ZyXEL’s CAPWAP allows a single access point to manage up to eight other access points. The managed APs receive all their configuration information from the controller AP. The CAPWAP dataflow is protected by DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security).
At the time of writing, the following ZyXEL AP models can be CAPWAP managed APs:
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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 7 CAPWAP Network Example
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1.4 Ways to Manage the NWA
Use any of the following methods to manage the NWA.
•Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the NWA using a (supported) web browser.
•Command Line Interface. Line commands are mostly used for troubleshooting by service engineers.
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