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USER MANUAL

Peplink Balance Series

16.2 AP Management

Access Point Management

Enable

The WLAN Controller for managing Pepwave APs can be enabled by this option.

When this option is enabled, the WLAN Controller will wait for management

connections originating from APs over the LAN on TCP and UDP port 11753. It will

also wait for captive portal connections on TCP port 443. An extended DHCP option

"CAPWAP Access Controller addresses" (field 138) will be added to the DHCP

server. A local DNS record "wlancontroller" will added to the local DNS proxy.

Manage Remote

The WLAN controller supports remote management of Pepwave APs. When this

option is enabled, the WLAN controller will wait for management connections

originating from remote APs over the WAN on TCP and UDP port 11753. It will also

wait for captive portal connections on TCP port 443.

The DHCP server and/or local DNS server of the remote AP’s network should be

configured as follows:

1. Define an extended DHCP option "CAPWAP Access Controller addresses"

(field 138) in the DHCP server, where the values are the WLAN controller's

public IP addresses; and/or

2. Create a local DNS record for "wlancontroller." with a value corresponding

to the WLAN controller's public IP address.

Access Point to

be Managed

Access Point devices managed will be defined in this option. If Any is selected, the

WLAN controller will manage any AP that reports to it. If Access points listed

below is selected, only APs with a serial number listed in the text box will be

managed.