Discovery Results - NETGEAR ProSafe WC7520 Reference Manual

7. Click Next to continue. The following occurs:
• The wireless controller searches for NETGEAR products on the LAN based on MAC
address, and then identifies which products are supported access point models.
• When discovery is finished, the table shows the access points that were located: for
each access point, the table includes the model number, IP address, MAC address,
and name.
The next Discovery Wizard Select Access Points to Manage screen displays. The following
figure shows the screen after the access points have been discovered:
Figure 23.
8. Check the discovery results to make sure that all the access points are listed. See the
following section,
9. Add the access points as described in
Discovery on page 53.

Discovery Results

The effectiveness of autodiscovery depends in part on how the access points on your LAN
are set up. If each access point is configured with a unique IP address and is running current
firmware, then discovery is usually simple.
If the discovery results are not what you expect, check the following:
• Access points already managed by the wireless controller are not in the discovery list. To
view the Managed AP List, select Access Point > Managed AP List.
• The access points might be in a different IP subnet. Verify that you can ping the access
point's IP address from the wireless controller's ping utility (see
on the Wireless Controller
• If the access points are in factory default mode and across a router, they are not detected.
• 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
ProSafe 20-AP Wireless Controller WC7520
Discovery Results.
Add Access Points to the Managed List after
on page 184).
Access Point Discovery and Management
Depending on your selections, this screen might
show Step 4 of 4.
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