Simple CAPsMAN Setup

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Introduction
It is possible to create centralized Access Point management setup for home or office environment that is scalable to many Access Point. This can be done by setting up
Controlled Access Point system Manager (CAPsMAN) on your router and connecting Controlled Access Points (CAPs) to it. There are multiple benefits of setting up
CAPsMAN in your environment, the most important benefit is centralized configuration, you don't need to adjust changes to all CAPs in your network, but rather you
need to specify changes in your CAPsMAN and all CAPs will receive these configuration changes. Another benefit is a centralized Registration Table, this will allow you
to easily monitor devices and create Access Lists for devices in your network from a single device (from CAPsMAN). There are a lot of customization options, you can
read more about the possibilities in the CAPsMAN manual page. This guide will provide you with a very easy, simple and fast way to setup CAPsMAN.
Simple CAPsMAN Setup
Option #1, using Winbox

Before you can start configuring CAPsMAN, you must configure your selected CAPsMAN device as a router. Here we will assume that ether1 is used as a WAN port
and ether2-ether5 are used as LAN ports. You can skip Step1 if you are already using the default configuration on your router.
Step #1, setup router

Router
Get an IP address from WAN (or add a static IP address)
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Create a bridge
Assign ports to the bridge
Repeat the step to add more ports to the bridge
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Add an IP address to the bridge
Create a new address pool for the DHCP Server
Setup the DHCP Server
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Setup NAT on your router
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Step #2, setup CAPsMAN

Router
Create a configuration template for all your CAPs
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Specify CAPsMAN to use the created configuration
For security reasons specify on which interfaces to listen to CAPs
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Enable CAPsMAN manager to listen to CAPs
Step #3, setup CAPs
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CAPs
Connect to your CAP, create a bridge
Add the interface that is connected to the CAPsMAN in a bridge
Get an IP address from your router (or add a static IP address)
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Enable CAP on Wireless interfaces
Connect more CAPs to your CAPsMAN and they should appear as CAP interfaces in your CAPsMAN Router
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That is it! Check your connectivity by using another Wireless device, for example, your smarthphone, your device should be visible in the CAPsMAN Router's
registration table:
Option #2, using CLI

Before you can start configuring CAPsMAN, you must configure your selected CAPsMAN device as a router. Here we will assume that ether1 is used as a WAN port
and ether2-ether5 are used as LAN ports. You can skip Step1 if you are already using the default configuration on your router.
Step #1, setup router

Router
Get an IP address from WAN (or add a static IP address)
Create a bridge and add bridge ports to it
Add an IP address to the bridge
Setup DHCP Server
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Setup NAT on your router
Step #2, setup CAPsMAN

Router
Create a configuration template for all your CAPs
For security reasons specify on which interfaces to listen to CAPs
Enable CAPsMAN manager to listen to CAPs
Step #3, setup CAPs
CAPs
Connect to your CAP, create a bridge and add the interface that is connected to the CAPsMAN in a bridge
Get an IP address from your router (or add a static IP address)
Enable CAP on Wireless interfaces
Connect more CAPs to your CAPsMAN and they should appear as CAP interfaces in your CAPsMAN Router
That is it! Check your connectivity by using another Wireless device, for example, your smarthphone, your device should be visible in the CAPsMAN Router's
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registration table:
Case studies
CAP in CAPsMAN
If your device has a Wireless interface and you want to use it as a CAPsMAN and a CAP, then it is possible, but it requires additional configuration. If you set your
Wireless interface on your CAPsMAN to be managed by CAPsMAN, but the CAP interface is not showing up in CAPsMAN, then it is very likely that the Firewall on
your Router is blocking traffic that is coming from the CAP interface.
In case you are using the default configuration
In case you are NOT using the default configuration
If you have limited the CAPsMAN manager on certain interfaces, then you will have enable all CAPsMAN on all interfaces and forbid any interface that you don't
want CAPsMAN to listen to:
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Simple CAPsMAN Setup

Option #1, using Winbox

Step #1, setup router

Get an IP address from WAN (or add a static IP address)

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Assign ports to the bridge

Repeat the step to add more ports to the bridge

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Add an IP address to the bridge

Create a new address pool for the DHCP Server

Setup the DHCP Server

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Setup NAT on your router

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Step #2, setup CAPsMAN

Create a configuration template for all your CAPs

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Specify CAPsMAN to use the created configuration

For security reasons specify on which interfaces to listen to CAPs

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Enable CAPsMAN manager to listen to CAPs

Step #3, setup CAPs

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Connect to your CAP, create a bridge

Add the interface that is connected to the CAPsMAN in a bridge

Get an IP address from your router (or add a static IP address)

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Enable CAP on Wireless interfaces

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Option #2, using CLI

Step #1, setup router

Get an IP address from WAN (or add a static IP address)

Create a bridge and add bridge ports to it

Add an IP address to the bridge

Setup DHCP Server

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Setup NAT on your router

Step #2, setup CAPsMAN

Create a configuration template for all your CAPs

For security reasons specify on which interfaces to listen to CAPs

Enable CAPsMAN manager to listen to CAPs

Step #3, setup CAPs

Get an IP address from your router (or add a static IP address)

Enable CAP on Wireless interfaces

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In case you are using the default configuration

In case you are NOT using the default configuration

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