Chapter 4 Access Point Discovery And Management; Access Point Discovery; Requirements For Autodiscovery - NETGEAR ProSafe WC7520 Reference Manual

Access Point Discovery and
4.
Management
This chapter includes the following sections:
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Access Point Discovery

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Requirements for Autodiscovery

• Run the Discovery Wizard
• Discovery Results
• Manage the Access Point List
Access Point Discovery
You need to 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 Autodiscovery
If the access points still have their factory default settings, the autodiscovery 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 need to have SNMP and SSH enabled.
• UDP port number 7890 needs to be unblocked in the firewall.
• Each access point needs to 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 2 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.
• An access point needs to run at least its initial firmware release or a newer version. There
are no other firmware requirements for the access point to function with the wireless
controller.
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