This MIB is intended to be implemented on all those
devices operating as Central controllers, that
terminate the Light Weight Access Point Protocol
tunnel from Cisco Light-weight LWAPP Access Points.

This MIB is used to configure web authentication
parameters in the controller to manage clients'
authentication.  The mobile nodes are 
web-authenticated if they select the WLAN that
has web security enabled.


The relationship between CC and the LWAPP APs
can be depicted as follows:

+......+     +......+     +......+           +......+
+      +     +      +     +      +           +      +
+  CC  +     +  CC  +     +  CC  +           +  CC  +
+      +     +      +     +      +           +      +
+......+     +......+     +......+           +......+
..            .             .                 .
..            .             .                 .
.  .            .             .                 .
.    .            .             .                 .
.      .            .             .                 .
.        .            .             .                 .
+......+ +......+     +......+      +......+          +......+
+      + +      +     +      +      +      +          +      +
+  AP  + +  AP  +     +  AP  +      +  AP  +          +  AP  +
+      + +      +     +      +      +      +          +      +
+......+ +......+     +......+      +......+          +......+
.              .             .                 .
.  .              .             .                 .
.    .              .             .                 .
.      .              .             .                 .
.        .              .             .                 .
+......+ +......+     +......+      +......+          +......+
+      + +      +     +      +      +      +          +      +
+  MN  + +  MN  +     +  MN  +      +  MN  +          +  MN  +
+      + +      +     +      +      +      +          +      +
+......+ +......+     +......+      +......+          +......+


The LWAPP tunnel exists between the controller and
the APs.  The MNs communicate with the APs through
the protocol defined by the 802.11 standard.

LWAPP APs, upon bootup, discover and join one of the
controllers and the controller pushes the configuration,
that includes the WLAN parameters, to the LWAPP APs.
The APs then encapsulate all the 802.11 frames from
wireless clients inside LWAPP frames and forward
the LWAPP frames to the controller.

                   GLOSSARY

Access Point ( AP )

An entity that contains an 802.11 medium access
control ( MAC ) and physical layer ( PHY ) interface
and provides access to the distribution services via
the wireless medium for associated clients.  

LWAPP APs encapsulate all the 802.11 frames in
LWAPP frames and sends them to the controller to which
it is logically connected.

Central Controller ( CC )

The central entity that terminates the LWAPP protocol
tunnel from the LWAPP APs.  Throughout this MIB,
this entity also referred to as 'controller'. 

Guest User

A guest user is a temporary user with access
privileges for configuring the wireless network
for a finite life time.  The wireless networks 
are configured on the controller. The method of
authentication to the controller can be configured
using this MIB instrumentation.

Light Weight Access Point Protocol ( LWAPP ) 

This is a generic protocol that defines the 
communication between the Access Points and the
Central Controller.

Mobile Node ( MN )

A roaming 802.11 wireless device in a wireless
network associated with an access point. Mobile Node,
Mobile Station(Ms) and client are used interchangeably. 

Web-Authentication 

Clients are web authenticated, when clients open the 
web-browser and send HTTP packets. Then user is asked
to enter login and password. This is known as Web 
Authentication. 

REFERENCE

[1] Wireless LAN Medium Access Control ( MAC ) and
Physical Layer ( PHY ) Specifications.

[2] Draft-obara-capwap-lwapp-00.txt, IETF Light 
Weight Access Point Protocol