CAPWAP

Description

This indicates an attempt to use the CAPWAP protocol.
Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) is a network protocol to control and provision wireless access points.
It is based on LWAPP and provides configuration and device management, which allow configurations and firmware to be pushed to APs.

Affected Products

CAPWAP

Impact

Unexpected network communication

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• UDP/5246-5247

References

• https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5415.txt