Table Of Contents - NETGEAR ProSafe WC7520 Reference Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview
Key Features and Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
WC7520 Wireless Controller System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Maintenance and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Understanding the Web Management Interface Menu Layout . . . . . . . . . 14
Initial Connection and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Understanding Basic and Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Deploy the Wireless Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2 System Planning and Deployment Scenarios
System Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Management VLAN and Data VLAN Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Deployment Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 3 RF Planning
RF Planning Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Defining and Editing Buildings and Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Planning Access Point Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Viewing and Managing Heat Maps for Deployed Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
RF Plan Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 4 Access Point Discovery and Management
Front Panel Ports and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bottom Panel With Product Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points: WNAP210 and WNDAP350 . . . . . 11
What Can You Do With the WC7520 Wireless Controller? . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Single Controller Configuration With Basic Profile Group . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Single Controller Configuration With Access Point Groups . . . . . . . . . . 23
Stacked Controller Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Scenario Example 1: Basic Network with Single VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Scenario Example 2: Advanced Network with VLANs and SSIDs. . . . . 28
Scenario Example 3: Advanced Network With Redundancy . . . . . . . . . 30
Planning Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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