Method and device for wireless network access controller to control wireless access point

Abstract

The invention provides a method and device for controlling a wireless access point by a wireless network access controller. According to the method and device for controlling the wireless access point by the wireless network access controller, the AP is connected with the AC through a wired network and receives a message which is sent by the AC and used for setting the AP to be a main control AP, the main control AP is used for broadcasting an identity recognition message outwards, the identity recognition message is received by other APs which are covered by the main control AP radio frequency, and the other APs are ordered to set the identify labels of themselves to be ordinary APs; the main control AP is connected with the ordinary APs in a wireless mode and sends the wireless service configuration of itself to the ordinary APs so that the ordinary APs can carry out self configuration according to the wireless service configuration of the main control AP; the main control AP sends the client side information passing through the up line of the main control AP and received client side information passing through the up line of the ordinary APs to the AC, and then client side authentication processing is carried out by the AC. The method and device for controlling the wireless access point by the wireless network controller have the advantages that one virtual AP is automatically formed by multiple APs which are covered by the radio frequency and are located in the same electromagnetic space, the AC can be connected with the main control AP only through the wired network and arrange and manage the main control AP, dependence on the wired network is reduced, and arrangement of the AC end is simplified.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of wireless networks, in particular to a method and a device for a wireless network access controller to control a wireless access point. Background technique [0002] Wireless access point AP (Access Point) is a wireless transceiver device. Convert the data received from the wired network (such as the Internet) into wireless signal transmission, convert the received wireless signal into data and forward it to the wired network. The wireless network access controller AC (Access Controller) is used to complete functions such as authentication / configuration / data forwarding of wireless users, and plays a role of centralized control. CAPWAP (Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points Protocol Specification) is a standard control protocol between AC and AP. It uses User Datagram Protocol UDP service and uses a fixed port number. [0003] see figure 1 , The wireless network adopts a centralized control ...

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Therefore, the existing technology must rely on the wired network when deploying new APs in the network

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