ZyXEL NWA-3500 User Guide - Page 75

Chapter 3 Tutorial 2 Enable Redundancy. Then select Secondary AP Controller and click Apply. 3.6.4.2 Primary AP Controller The primary controller AP manages the NWA APs (in managed AP mode) in your network. Changes made in the Web Configurator of the NWA primary AP controller are synchronized automatically with the secondary controller AP (if there is one) and the members of the managed AP list. 1 To set your NWA in primary controller AP mode, open the Controller > Redundacy screen (this screen only appears when the NWA is in Controller AP mode) in the Web Configurator of the NWA that you want to serve as the main controller. Figure 47 Tutorial: Primary Controller AP 2 Enable Redundancy. Then select Primary AP Controller and enter the IP address of the secondary controller AP (required). Click Apply. Note: Only NWAs in managed AP mode are visible to the controller AP. 3.6.5 Setting Your NWA in Managed AP Mode After setting the NWAs (A and E) to controller AP modes, you can now transform the NWAs (B, C and D) in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors of your company building to managed APs. It is very important to note that once an NWA is in managed AP mode, its web configurator cannot be viewed anymore. It cannot be accessed any other way other than through its controller AP's Web Configurator. The same rule applies to its TELNET, FTP and SMNP features. To put it simply, the managed NWA is not directly configurable. This is because its controller AP is continuously managing it. You can switch the NWA to standalone AP mode by pressing the reset button on the casing (NWA-3500 only). Previous configurations are lost. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 75