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In this section, we will show you basic steps to configure an AWC-SC (AWC-Smart Connect) wireless network in a quick tour style.

Note
AWC-SC is supported with TQ5403, TQ5403e, and TQm5403 firmware version 6.0.1-1.x or later.
Note that AWC-SC using AT-TQ6602 requires firmware to be released in the future.

In this example, we will create a simple network with the following configuration:

There is one floor (3F).
AT-TQ5403 wireless APs are used.
The AWC-SC network has 5 APs, 1 Root AP and 4 Satellite APs.
Satellite APs will connect to the single Root AP and will act as Terminator APs, which do not bridge the connection between the Root AP and others.
A multi-channel VAP will be used for usual client service communication.
The Channel Blanket network will not be provided.

Table 1: Devices in the target network
Device Name	Device Name	IP Address	MAC Address	Role
PC		192.168.1.250		Running Vista Manager EX and the AWC Plug-in
AlliedWare Plus Layer 3 Switch		192.168.1.1		PoE+ power sourcing, DHCP/NTP server
TQ5403	TQ5403-SC-1	192.168.1.230	00:00:5E:00:53:00	Root AP (wired) Powered by PoE+
	TQ5403-SC-2	192.168.1.231	00:00:5E:00:53:20	Satellite AP (wired) Powered by AC Adapters
	TQ5403-SC-3	192.168.1.232	00:00:5E:00:53:40	Satellite AP (wireless) Powered by AC Adapters
	TQ5403-SC-4	192.168.1.233	00:00:5E:00:53:60
	TQ5403-SC-5	192.168.1.234	00:00:5E:00:53:80

Based on this, the following wireless network will be created:

Table 2: Planned Wireless Networks
Radio	VAP	AP Profile	SC Profile	Overview
Radio 1	VAP1	ForStaff	-	Wireless network for employees
Radio 2	VAP1	Default-1 (default)	SC-Default-cVVGG	For SC Management
Radio 2	VAP2	-	sc-initial-provisioning (default)	For bootstrapping factory default APs (Automatic setting)

When applying the AP Profile and SC Profile, if there are specific configuration items for either AP or SC Profiles, those items will be applied to the AP as they are. If there are conflicting configuration items between the Profiles, the settings of the SC Profile take precedence over the AP Profile.
Therefore, VAP "Default-1" set by default on Radio 2 in the AP Profile is not used, "SC-Default-cVVGG" set in the SC Profile overrides the VAP.
In addition, for the VAP2 of the radio band declared to be used in the SC Profile, the SSID "sc-initial-provisioning" set by deafult for the factory default AP connection is used.
This is the same SSID defined for each radio band of the factory default AP, and is used for listening to the beacon of the factory default AP.

Note
In the radio band used by AWC-SC, the other VAPs will be disabled automatically.

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04 Jul 2023 09:16