LWAPP

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Lightweight Access Point Protocol or LWAPP is the name of a protocol that can control multiple wireless access points at once. This can reduce the amount of time spent on configuring, monitoring or troubleshooting a large network. The system will also allow network administrators to closely analyze the network.

This system is installed in a central server that gathers data from RF devices from different brands and settings. The server can command a selected group of devices to apply given settings simultaneously.

LWAPP was proposed by Airespace, as a standard protocol to provide interoperability among any brand of access point. Its purpose was to standardize "lightweight" access points with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), but it was not approved as a standard. Airespace was purchased by Cisco Systems.

Although this protocol has so far not been popular beyond the Airespace/Cisco product lines, it can also be found in analysis products from AirMagnet, who has recently implemented a software based on this protocol to analyze Cisco wireless products.^[1] The CAPWAP standard is based on LWAPP

Still considered proprietary, LWAPP systems compete with other non-standard lightweight wireless mechanisms from companies like Meru Networks and Aruba Networks.