Product Overview; Introduction - D-Link DWC-2000 User Manual

Section 1 - Product Overview
The DWC-2000 Wireless Controller is intended to provide medium-to-large-sized businesses with a solution for
configuring, managing, and monitoring up to 256 D-Link DWL-2600AP, DWL-3600AP, DWL-6600AP, DWL-8600AP,
and/or DWL-8610AP access points from a central location.
Using the wireless controller and the access points with which it is associated lets you:
• Discover and configure D-Link access points on the WLAN
• Optimize wireless access point performance with centralized RF management, security, Quality of Service
(QoS), and other configuration features
• Streamline security configuration tasks and set up guest access
• Monitor network status and statistics
• Perform maintenance tasks and firmware updates for the wireless management system and for D-Link
access points on your wireless network
• Conduct troubleshooting procedures
Configuration is performed using configuration profiles. A configuration profile allows a wireless controller to
distribute a set of radio, Service Set Identifier (SSID), and QoS parameters to the access points associated with
that profile.
The wireless controller comes with one profile predefined. You can use this profile as is, edit it to suit your
requirements, or create new configuration profiles as necessary. For example:
• An office building may have one configuration profile for access points located in one area of a facility
(such as a general work area) and a different profile for access points in another area of the facility (for
example, in the Human Resources department).
• A shopping mall may need several configuration profiles if several businesses share a WLAN, but each
business has its own network.
• Large networks that need different policies per building or department could have access points
configured for security policies for each building and department (for example, one for guests, one for
management, one for sales, and so on).
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