Chapter 4 Access Point Discovery And Management; Access Point Discovery; Requirements For Auto Discovery - NETGEAR WC7520 - ProSafe 20-AP Wireless Controller Reference Manual

Access Point Discovery and Management
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This chapter includes the following sections:
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Access Point Discovery

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Requirements for Auto Discovery

• Using the Discovery Wizard
• Understanding the Discovery Results
• Managing the Access Point List
Access Point Discovery
You must run the Discovery Wizard for the wireless controller to discover supported
NETGEAR access points on the LAN. The wireless controller can discover access points
that are still in their factory default state and access points that are deployed and running.
After the access points are discovered, you can add them to the Managed AP List. The
wireless controller can configure, manage, and monitor the managed access points.
Requirements for Auto Discovery
If the access points still have their factory default settings, the auto discovery process should
work fine. If you changed the access point configuration, make sure that the access point
configuration meets the following guidelines:
• All standalone access points have SNMP and SSH enabled.
• UDP port number 7890 must be unblocked in the firewall.
• Each access point must have an IP address. All access points that are the same model
ship with the same default IP address. With the exception of access points in factory
default state that are in the same layer network, if more than one access point has the
same IP address, then only one of them is discovered at a time. You have to add the
access point to the managed list, change its IP address, and then run discovery again to
discover the next access point with that IP address.
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