Management Mode; Mode Changing - ZyXEL Communications NWA1123 Series User Manual

Your NWA1123's business-class reliability, SMB features, and centralized wireless management make it
ideally suited for advanced service delivery in mission-critical networks. It uses Multiple BSSID and VLAN
to provide simultaneous independent virtual APs. Additionally, innovations in roaming technology and
QoS features eliminate voice call disruptions.
The NWA1123 controls network access with Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering, and rogue
Access Point (AP) detection. It also provides a high level of network traffic security, supporting IEEE
802.1x, Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption.
Your NWA1123 is easy to install, configure and use. The embedded Web-based configurator enables
simple, straightforward management and maintenance. See the Quick Start Guide for how to make
hardware connections.

1.1.1 Management Mode

The NWA1123 is a hybrid AP and can work either in standalone AP mode or in managed AP mode
(cloud management mode).
Standalone AP
By default, the NWA1123 serves as a normal AP and is to be configured using its built-in web configurator
or CLI (Command Line Interface), See
configurator screens.
Nebula Cloud Management
In this mode, you can manage and monitor the NWA1123 through the Zyxel Nebula cloud-based
network management system. See the NCC (Nebula Control Center) User's Guide for how to configure
Nebula managed devices. See
setting or manually set its IP address.

1.1.2 Mode Changing

This section describes how to change the NWA1123's management mode.
From Standalone to Cloud
To manage your NWA1123 via the Zyxel NCC, connect the NWA1123 to the Internet and register it to a
site and organization in the NCC (http://nebula.zyxel.com) first using its serial number and MAC address
or its QR code. The serial number, MAC address and QR code can be found in the web configurator
dashboard or the label on the device. See the corresponding Quick Start Guide for how to do hardware
connections and device registration.
Note: The NWA1123 goes into cloud management mode automatically after it can access
the NCC through the specified proxy server (if any) and is successfully registered in the
NCC. Its login password and wireless settings are then overwritten with what you have
configured in the NCC.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 on page 20
Chapter 21 on page 182
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for detailed information about the web
if you want to change the NWA1123's VLAN