Controller Managed Mode

Overview

The Zyxel Device is managed by the APC when it is connected to the APC. You can use the APC to manage multiple Zyxel Devices.

If you cannot access the Zyxel Device from the APC, you need to access the local GUI screens in controller managed mode by connecting directly to the LAN port of the Zyxel Device, and check if the Zyxel Device's VLAN setting or IP address has changed.

The following figure illustrates a wireless network managed by an APC. You (U) configure the APC (C), which then automatically updates the configurations of the managed APs (M1-M4).

Controller Managed AP Application

How the Zyxel Device find the APC

The figure below shows how the Zyxel Device find the APC.

The above topology shows a Gateway (GW) with 2 IP interfaces configured:

• Interface 1 with IP address 10.0.0.1/255.0.0.0 connects to an Access Point Controller (APC)

• Interface 2 with IP address 192.168.2.1/255.255.255.0 connects to a Switch (SW).

To allow the AP (the Zyxel Device) to be discoverable by the APC, do the following in the Zyxel Device Web Configurator:

1 Log into the Web Configurator and select controller managed mode.

2 Do one of the following:

• Configure 10.253.241.250/255.0.0.0 as the IP address of APC Discovery on the AP.

• Configure 10.253.241.250/255.0.0.0 as the IP address of DHCP Server Option 138 on the GW. Refer to your gateway’s User Guide for instructions on configuring the IP address for DHCP Server Option 138.

DHCP Server Option 138 provides the IP address of an APC to the Zyxel Device, allowing the Zyxel Device to find and connect to the APC.

Local GUI Screens in Controller Managed Mode

When your Zyxel Device is managed by an APC, you can access only the following screens through the Web Configurator:

• Dashboard

• Maintenance > File Manager > Firmware Package

• Maintenance > File Manager > Shell Script

• Maintenance > Legal and Regulatory > Legal and Regulatory

• Maintenance > Diagnostics > Diagnostics

• Maintenance > Diagnostics > Remote Capture

• Maintenance > Log > View Log

• Maintenance > Reboot > Reboot

These screens also have fewer options than those in standalone Zyxel Devices. The rest of the Zyxel Device’s features must be configured through the APC.