Multi-connection access point
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsWei Huang, Hsiu-Wei Liu, Chunfeng Wang
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to multi-connection access points. For example, an access point can include instructions to: establish a first connection to a first controller, wherein the access point receives configuration data from the first controller to generate a first virtual access point with the first controller; and establish a second connection to a second controller, wherein the access point receives configuration data from the second controller to generate a second virtual access point with the second controller.
Claims11
An access point comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processing resource, cause the processing resource to:
- establish a first connection to a first controller, wherein the access point receives configuration data from the first controller to generate a first virtual access point with the first controller;
- and
- establish a second connection to a second controller, wherein the access point receives configuration data from the second controller to generate a second virtual access point with the second controller,
- wherein the access point provides services to a first zone through the first virtual access point and a second zone through the second virtual access point and the first controller is configured to manage one or more settings of the first virtual access point of the access point and one or more other first zone access points without affecting the second controller from separately managing one or more settings of the second virtual access point of the access point and one or more other second zone access points,
- wherein the first controller utilizes a first protocol and the second controller utilizes a second protocol, and
- wherein setting changes received from the first controller overrides setting changes received from the second controller.
A non-transitory memory resource including instructions executable by a processing resource to:
- establish a first connection with a first controller corresponding to a first zone of a network;
- receive configuration data to establish a first virtual access point corresponding to the first controller;
- establish a second connection with a second controller corresponding to a second zone of the network;
- and
- receive configuration data to establish a second virtual access point corresponding to the second controller,
- wherein the access point provides services to a first zone through the first virtual access point and a second zone through the second virtual access point and the first controller is configured to manage one or more settings of the first virtual access point of the access point and one or more other first zone access points without affecting the second controller from separately managing one or more settings of the second virtual access point of the access point and one or more other second zone access points,
- wherein the first controller utilizes a first protocol and the second controller utilizes a second protocol, and
- wherein setting changes received from the first controller overrides setting changes received from the second controller.
A method, comprising:
- sending, by an access point, a first connection request to a first controller;
- receiving, by the access point, configuration data from the first controller to generate a first virtual access point on the access point;
- sending, by the access point, a second connection request to a second controller, wherein the first controller and the second controller are different controllers;
- and
- receiving, by the access point, configuration data from the second controller to generate a second virtual access point on the access point,
- wherein the access point provides services to a first zone through the first virtual access point and a second zone through the second virtual access point and the first controller is configured to manage one or more settings of the first virtual access point of the access point and one or more other first zone access points without affecting the second controller from separately managing one or more settings of the second virtual access point of the access point and one or more other second zone access points,
- wherein the first controller utilizes a first protocol and the second controller utilizes a second protocol, and
- wherein setting changes received from the first controller overrides setting changes received from the second controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.