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This chapter discusses the MGNT MODE (Management Mode) screen (NWA-3160 and
NWA-3163 only). This screen determines whether the ZyXEL Device is used in its default,
standalone mode, or as part of a CAPWAP (Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access
Points) network.

5.1 About CAPWAP

The NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 support CAPWAP (Control And Provisioning of Wireless
Access Points). This is ZyXEL's implementation of the IETF's (Internet Engineering Task
Force) CAPWAP protocol (RFC 4118).
The CAPWAP dataflow is protected by DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security).
The following figure illustrates a CAPWAP wireless network. You (U) configure the AP
controller (C), which then automatically updates the configurations of the managed APs (M1
~ M4).

Figure 44 CAPWAP Network Example

5.1.1 CAPWAP Discovery and Management

The link between CAPWAP-enabled access points proceeds as follows:
1 An AP in managed AP mode joins a wired network (receives a dynamic IP address).
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