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User Manual ENGLISH
WHG-Series Wireless WLAN Controller
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How to configure Access Point in WAPM
Management of access points are always of vital importance for a network administrator. Thus 4ipnet
delivers a simple, straightforward set of management tools to help you achieve it. Generally, we suggest a
centralized network with a controller in charge of access points both on the WAN side and the LAN side.
We call the WAN-side AP management ‘Wide Area AP Management,’ due to its scalability across the
Internet or intranet, and the LAN-side AP management ‘Local Area AP Management.’ Below illustrates the
concept of these two types of management.
The Internet
The Branch Office
The central Office
WHG
Can only use Wide
Area AP management
Can use Local or Wide
Area AP management
4ipnet WLAN controller models have different manageability with 4ipnet access points, i.e., admin should
make sure what AP models your WLAN controller supports. It is worth noting that WAN-side AP’s are
supposed to have public IP addresses that are routable on the Internet. Main Benefits of Wide Area AP
Management:
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Cross Layer 3 IP network management
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Centralized traffic forwarding for distributed remote AP sites.
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Graphical Map utility for easy reference and deployment planning.
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Traffic transmit statistics for 3
rd
party AP devices.
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CAPWAP support, complete tunnel and split tunnel.
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To manage APs physically deployed on the WAN side and LAN side of the controller
This section goes on to explain how to centrally manage the access points on the WAN from a WLAN
controller.
AP List
Graphical Monitoring
AP Adding and Configuration