Primary Ap Controller; Setting Your Nwa In Managed Ap Mode - ZyXEL Communications NWA-3160 User Manual

3.6.4.2 Primary AP Controller

The primary controller AP manages the NWA APs (in managed AP mode) in your
network. Changes made in the Web Configurator of the NWA primary AP controller
are synchronized automatically with the secondary controller AP (if there is one)
and the members of the managed AP list.
To set your NWA in primary controller AP mode, open the Controller >
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Redundacy screen (this screen only appears when the NWA is in Controller AP
mode) in the Web Configurator of the NWA that you want to serve as the main
controller.
Figure 48 Tutorial: Primary Controller AP
Enable Redundancy. Then select Primary AP Controller and enter the IP
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address of the secondary controller AP (required). Click Apply.
Note: Only

3.6.5 Setting Your NWA in Managed AP Mode

After setting the NWAs (A and E) to controller AP modes, you can now transform
the NWAs (B, C and D) in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors of your company building to
managed APs.
It is very important to note that once an NWA is in managed AP mode, its web
configurator cannot be viewed anymore. It cannot be accessed any other way
other than through its controller AP's Web Configurator. The same rule applies to
its TELNET, FTP and SMNP features. To put it simply, the managed NWA is not
directly configurable. This is because its controller AP is continuously managing it.
You can switch the NWA to standalone AP mode by pressing the reset button on
the casing (NWA-3500 only). Previous configurations are lost.
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NWAs in managed AP mode are visible to the controller AP.
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