Centralized management of access points
First Claim
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 the 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;
centralizing access to the plurality of APs, by 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 the ability to interact with the plurality of APs without requiring initiation by the AC of a separate network protocol session for each AP of the plurality of APs; and
interacting, by the AC, with a first AP of the plurality of APs based on a command received from the network administrator through the AC GUI and based upon the first AP'"'"'s assigned unique identifier, wherein said interacting with the first AP enables a first AP GUI or command line interface (CLI) of the first AP through which the network administrator is provided with an ability to issue a plurality of commands to the first AP.
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Abstract
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.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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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 the 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; centralizing access to the plurality of APs, by 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 the ability to interact with the plurality of APs without requiring initiation by the AC of a separate network protocol session for each AP of the plurality of APs; and interacting, by the AC, with a first AP of the plurality of APs based on a command received from the network administrator through the AC GUI and based upon the first AP'"'"'s assigned unique identifier, wherein said interacting with the first AP enables a first AP GUI or command line interface (CLI) of the first AP through which the network administrator is provided with an ability to issue a plurality of commands to the first AP. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an Access Controller (AC) that manages a plurality of Access Points (APs) of a private Internet Protocol (IP) network, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
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decoupling identities of each AP of the 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; centralizing access to the plurality of APs, by presenting 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 the ability to interact with the plurality of APs without requiring initiation by the AC of a separate network protocol session for each AP of the plurality of APs; and interacting with a first AP of the plurality of APs based on a command received from the network administrator through the AC GUI and based upon the first AP'"'"'s assigned unique identifier, wherein said interacting with the first AP enables a first AP GUI or command line interface (CLIO of the first AP through which the network administrator is provided with an ability to issue a plurality of commands to the first AP. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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