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8 How to configure Access Point in WAPM
Management of access points are always of vital importance for a network administrator. Thus Edgecore
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.
Edgecore WLAN controller models have different manageability with Edgecore 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:
- Cross Layer 3 IP network management
- Centralized traffic forwarding for distributed remote AP sites.
- Graphical Map utility for easy reference and deployment planning.
- Traffic transmit statistics for 3
rd
party AP devices.
- CAPWAP support, complete tunnel and split tunnel.
- 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

Template
 AP Firmware Management