CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS POINTS

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for centralized access, control, and management of APs. According to one embodiment, multiple APs of a private IP network are decoupled from potentially transient IP addresses by assigning a unique identifier to each of the multiple APs by an AC. An AC GUI is presented by the AC to an administrator through which (i) commands are provided by the administrator and (ii) the administrator is provided with access to a first AP of the multiple APs responsive to a command received from the administrator though the AC GUI and based upon the first AP's assigned unique identifier. The first AP is accessed, controlled or debugged by the AC based on the command. The access to the first AP enables a first AP GUI of the first AP through which the network administrator is provided with an ability to issue multiple commands to the first AP.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
decoupling, by an Access Controller (AC) that manages a plurality of Access Points (APs) of a private Internet Protocol (IP) network, identities of each AP of a plurality of APs from potentially transient IP addresses of the plurality of APs by assigning a unique identifier to each of the plurality of APs; presenting, by the AC, an AC graphical user interface (GUI) to a network administrator through which commands are provided by the network administrator and through which the network administrator is provided with access to a first AP of the plurality of APs responsive to a command received from the network administrator though the AC GUI and based upon the first AP's assigned unique identifier; and accessing, controlling or debugging, by the AC, the first AP based on the command, wherein the access to the first AP enables a first AP GUI of the first AP through which the network administrator is provided with an ability to issue a plurality of commands to the first AP.