ZyXEL Communications NWA-3160 User Manual

Chapter 6 AP Controller Mode

NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide

Use this screen to set the controller AP as a primary or secondary controller.

If you set your NWA as a primary controller AP, you can have a secondary 
controller AP to serve as a backup. All configurations are synchronized between 
the NWA and the secondary controller AP.  

When the NWA is in AP controller mode, click CONTROLLER > Redundancy. The 
following screen displays.

Figure 66   Redundancy Screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 15   Redundancy Screen

Redundancy

Select Enable to set the NWA either as a Primary AP 
Controller or as a Secondary Controller AP.

Select Disable when the NWA acts as a primary AP 
controller without a backup.

Primary AP Controller

Select this if the NWA has a secondary controller AP. You 
must give the IP address of this backup in the field below.

Secondary IP

Enter the IP address of the secondary controller AP.

Secondary AP Controller

Select this if the NWA is the secondary controller AP.

Apply

Click this to save the changes in this screen.

Reset

Click this to return the fields in this screen to their 
previously-saved values.