Zcom ZAC Series, User Manual

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Chapter 5 Management Page 26
Configure the AC+Thin AP mode
The ZAC Wireless CPE provides 4 operation modes:
“
Thin AP
”, “
Virtual AC
”, “V
irtual AC+Thin AP
”,
as well as
“
FAT AP
”. The default mode is “Thin AP”. To allow the ZAC Wireless CPE to manage the
thin APs, you need to switch one of the ZAC Wireless CPEs to virtual controller mode first. To change
the mode, please do the following.
Configure the AC+Thin AP mode
To operate as AC+Thin AP, go to Basic Settings . From Device Mode drop-down list, select
“
Virtual
AC
” mode. If you would like the Access Point to perform as a virtual controller and access point
concurrently, please select
“
Virtual AC + Thin AP
” mode. Then assign an IP address to the ZAC
Wireless CPE and specify subnet mask, gateway and DNS address respectively. Hit Apply and wait
for about 50 seconds to take effect.

AC+ Thin AP mode allows the ZAC Wireless CPE to operate as access controller and
thin AP concurrently.

To operate as standalone Access Point, wireless client or bridge, please select FAT AP
from device mode.
Note:
Note: