WEC8500/WEC8050 (APC) Operation Manual v10.1 138©Samsung Electronics AmericaAP ManagementAP Group ConfigurationThe APC manages the services provided to the AP by group. An operator can add ordelete several APs to/from a group. It is also possible to add/remove WLANs to/from anAP group so that the same WLAN services can be provided for each group.When the APC is installed for the first time, a ‘default’ group is created. When the APinformation is created first time, the AP is automatically added to the ‘default’ group.If the ‘auto-discovery’ mode is enabled in the APC, an AP connected to the APC isautomatically added to the ‘default’ group. For reference, operator can specify a specificAP group where an AP will be added during auto-discovery configuration.An operator can manage the services per group by creating a new AP group and canmove or a specific AP to another group or delete it in the original group. The APs deletedin a group are automatically moved to the ‘default’ group.When a new AP group is created, it is possible to configure AP information for each group.If the Overwrite option is enabled for each setting, the respective setting is applied to allAPs within the group.Generally, up to 16 WLANs can be added to an AP group. However, if a root AP iscontained in an AP group, only up to 15 WLANs can be added to the group.If the AP group information is changed, that is if an AP moves to another group, the APuses the WLAN of a new group. Therefore, some existing WLANs in the AP are deletedand some new WLANs can be added. The detail example is shown below.(Example) Default group: Includes wlan1, wlan2, wlan3, and wlan4.New group: Includes wlan4, wlan5, and wlan6.When the AP_1 moves from the default group to a new groupThe APC asks the AP_1 to delete the wlan1, wlan2, and wlan3.The APC asks the AP_1 to add the wlan5 and wlan6.Configuration using CLITo manage an AP group, execute the command as follows:1 Go to the configure mode of the CLI.WEC8500# configure terminalWEC8500/configure#2 Create or delete an AP group. Use ‘no’ parameter in front of thecommand to delete an AP group.o ap-group [AP_GROUP_NAME]o no ap-group [AP_GROUP_NAME]3 Add or delete an AP to or from the AP group. Use ‘no’ parameter in frontof the command to delete an AP from the AP group. But, for a default APgroup, you cannot delete an AP from the group. If you delete an AP from
