The WLC or LANCOM router with activated WLC option handles CAPWAP requests from the LAN and the WAN in the same way. In the case of requests from WAN remote stations, it accepts the APs into its AP management and, under certain circumstances, it sends a default configuration. If configured appropriately, the CAPWAP service is no longer available to WAN remote stations, meaning that for WAN remote stations, APs are no longer accepted and configurations are not provisioned.
The configuration is done under in the section Wireless LAN controller. If the automatic acceptance of new APs is enabled, you can use the feature Accept new AP over WAN connection to control whether the CAPWAP service is available to WAN remote stations.
- No
- The device accepts no new APs over the WAN connection.
- Only via VPN
- The device only accepts new APs if the WAN connection is via VPN.
- Yes
- The device accepts all new APs over the WAN connection.
