Fortinet, Inc.
Synchronizing configurations between access point controllers over N+1 network

Abstract:

Systems and methods for synchronizing configurations between access point controllers (ACs) over N+1 network are provided. According to one embodiment, a first peer access point controller (AC) of a N+1 AC network sends a synchronizing request to a second peer AC of the n+1 AC network for synchronizing running configurations of the second peer AC. The first peer AC receives a running configuration package that contains the running configurations from the second peer AC and checks if the running configuration package is valid. If the package is valid, the first peer AC extracts the running configurations of the second peer AC from the running configuration package; and stores the running configurations of the second peer AC at a configuration repository of the first peer AC.