Add access points to Wireless Monitor

What it is

Access points are not created by hand. You discover them with the Auto-Provision Wizard — the same assistant used for switches, routers and UPS devices — and send them to Wireless Monitor as their destination. CreaRack identifies the vendor, model and radio capabilities automatically over SNMP.

Before you start

• The Local Agent (CreaRackAgent.exe) must be running on a PC inside your network. In production CreaRack lives in the cloud and cannot reach private IPs (192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x) by itself — the Agent does the scanning for you. If it is not running, the scan fails immediately with “Local Agent not available. Please start CreaRackAgent.exe”.
• Have the SNMP community (v2c) or SNMPv3 credentials of your APs at hand.

How to add access points

1. Open the Terminal page. In the sidebar, under Network Tools, click Auto-Provision.
2. Step 1 · Discovery — scan a single IP (Single Device) or a whole subnet (Subnet Scan) with the SNMP credentials. Type the credentials or pick a saved one from the Credential Store.
3. Step 2 · Results & Assign — CreaRack lists what it found. APs are usually identified as access point automatically; if not, change the device type in the row.
4. In the Destination column of each AP row, choose Wireless · Access Point (for a standalone AP) or Wireless · Controller (for a WiFi controller that manages several APs).
5. Click Apply. CreaRack creates the monitoring entry; the saved SNMP credentials are inherited automatically and securely on the server — your browser never handles them.

The new APs appear in the Wireless Monitor sidebar within a few moments. If you also want the AP placed in its physical cabinet, choose Rack as an additional destination in the same table.

After adding

• Open Wireless Monitor and click the AP. Basic status (online/offline, client count) appears right away.
• For the rich tables — “Radios”, “SSIDs”, “Connected Clients” — run a Deep Discover from the AP’s detail view. See [[crearack—wireless—deep-discovery-troubleshooting]].

Troubleshooting

• The AP does not appear in the sidebar — check it was assigned the destination Wireless · Access Point in the wizard, not just discovered. Re-open Auto-Provision and assign it.
• The AP shows offline but it is up — the SNMP credentials may be wrong. Open the AP’s detail view and click Config to fix the credentials, then Refresh All.
• The scan finds nothing — verify the Local Agent is running and connected, and that the AP answers SNMP from the Agent’s PC.

Related

• [[crearack—network—auto-provision-wizard]] — the wizard in full detail
• [[crearack—monitoring—que-es-wireless]] — module overview
• [[crearack—wireless—dashboard-and-charts]] — what you see once the AP is in

Véase también

• [[crearack—monitoring—que-es-wireless]]
• [[crearack—network—auto-provision-wizard]]
• [[crearack—wireless—deep-discovery-troubleshooting]]