Systems and methods are described for a mobile hotspot that can be managed from an access controller. According to an embodiment, a mobile establishes a wide area network (WAN) connection through a wireless WAN module and establishes a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection with a wireless fidelity (WiFi)-enabled device using a first AP profile, wherein the first AP profile is the same as an AP profile for APs that is controlled by an access controller (AC). The mobile hotspot sets up a security tunnel with the AC through the WAN connection. After receiving WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WLAN connection transmitting, the mobile hotspot routes the WLAN traffic to the AC through the security tunnel.