Netgear Prosafe Access Points: Wnap210 And Wndap350; What Can You Do With The Wc7520 Wireless Controller - NETGEAR WC7520 - ProSafe 20-AP Wireless Controller Reference Manual

ProSafe 20-AP Wireless Controller WC7520 Reference Manual

NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points: WNAP210 and WNDAP350

You can connect access points to the wireless controller either directly with an Ethernet cable
through a router, or switch or remotely through an IP network. After you have used the
automatic discovery process and added access points to the managed access point list on
the wireless controller, the wireless controller converts the standard access points to
dependent access points by pushing firmware to the access points. From then on, you can
centrally manage and monitor the access points.
A WC7520 wireless controller system can support the following access points:
• WNAP210 ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point
- Supports 802.11g and 802.11n network devices
- Supports Power over Ethernet (PoE) with a power consumption of up to 5.8W
For product documentation, see http://kb.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/8101.
• WNDAP350 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point
- Supports 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n network devices
- Supports PoE with a power consumption of up to 12.8W
- Concurrent operation in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio band while in 802.11n mode
For product documentation, see http://kb.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/12823.

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.
Chapter 3, RF Planning.
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