What Can You Do With The Wc7520 Wireless Controller - NETGEAR ProSafe WC7520 Reference Manual

What Can You Do with the WC7520 Wireless Controller?

These are some of the tasks that you can perform with a WC7520 wireless controller:
Plan a Wireless Network
• Design a WLAN. Design an efficient WLAN with building and floor dimensions for your
specific environment.
• Estimate the number of required access points and their approximate locations.
Estimate how many access points you need for your wireless coverage and determine
their optimum location for best coverage and performance.
For more information, see
Discover Access Points in the Network and Provision IP Addresses and
Firmware
• Discover access points in the network. The access points can be in factory default
state or functioning in standalone mode, but after discovery by the wireless controller and
addition to the managed access point list, the access points become dependent
(managed) access points.
• Provision IP addresses to the access points. Use the internal DHCP server to
provision IP addresses to all or selected managed access points in the network.
• Upgrade access point firmware. Update and synchronize new firmware versions to all
managed access points in the network.
For more information, see
Organize the Network
• Create access point profiles. Organize access points in profiles to differentiate between
SSIDs, client authentication, authentication settings, and wireless QoS settings.
• Create access point profile groups. Organize access point profiles in access point
profile groups to differentiate between buildings, floors, businesses or business divisions,
and so on. Easily assign access points to profile groups or make changes to
assignments.
For more information, see
Centrally Manage the Wireless Settings for the Network
• Schedule the radios. Schedule the entire network to go offline, or schedule access point
profile groups to go offline.
• Manage wireless settings and channel allocation. Manage the wireless settings such
as wireless mode, data rate, channel width, and so on, for the entire network or for
access point profile groups, and manage channel allocation for the entire network.
ProSafe 20-AP Wireless Controller WC7520
Chapter 3, RF Planning.
Chapter 4, Access Point Discovery and
Chapter 6, Managing Security Profiles and Profile
Introduction and Overview
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Management.
Groups.