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WEC8050 / WEC8500 Operation Manual
4.2 AP Management
4.2.1 AP Group Configuration
The APC manages the services provided to the AP by group. An operator can add or delete
several APs to/from a group. It is also possible to add/remove WLANs to/from an AP group
so that the same WLAN services can be provided for each group.
When the APC is installed for the first time, a 'default' group is created. When the AP
information is created first time, the AP is automatically added to the 'default' group.
If the 'auto-discovery' mode is enabled in the APC, an AP connected to the APC is
automatically added to the 'default' group. For reference, operator can specify a specific
AP group where an AP will be added during auto-discovery configuration.
An operator can manage the services per group by creating a new AP group and can move
or a specific AP to another group or delete it in the original group. The APs deleted in a
group are automatically moved to the 'default' group.
When a new AP group is created, it is possible to configure AP information for each group.
If the Overwrite option is enabled for each setting, the respective setting is applied to all
APs within the group.
Generally, up to 16 WLANs can be added to an AP group. However, if a root AP is
contained in an AP group, only up to 15 WLANs can be added to the group.
If the AP group information is changed, i.e. if an AP moves to another group, the AP uses
the WLAN of a new group. Therefore, some existing WLANs in the AP are deleted and
some new WLANs can be added. The detail example is shown below.
(Example) Default group: Includes wlan1, wlan2, wlan3, and wlan4.
New group: Includes wlan4, wlan5, and wlan6.
When the AP_1 moves from the default group to a new group
The APC asks the AP_1 to delete the wlan1, wlan2, and wlan3.
The APC asks the AP_1 to add the wlan5 and wlan6.
Configuration using CLI
To manage an AP group, execute the command as follows.
1) Go to the configure mode of the CLI.
WEC8500# configure terminal
WEC8500/configure#
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