Understanding The Discovery Results - NETGEAR WC7520 - ProSafe 20-AP Wireless Controller Reference Manual

ProSafe 20-AP Wireless Controller WC7520 Reference Manual
When you are finished with this screen, click Next to continue.
6. After you choose the network layout and specify the ranges (if prompted), when you click
Next the following occurs:
The wireless controller searches for NETGEAR products on the LAN based on MAC
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address, and then identifies which products are supported access point models.
• When discovery has completed, 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 22. Discovery Wizard: Select Access Points to manage
7. Check the discovery results to make sure that all the access points are listed. See the
following section,
8. Add the access points as described in
Discovery on page 50.

Understanding the Discovery Results

The effectiveness of auto discovery 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 may be in a different IP subnet. Verify that you can ping the the access
point's IP address from the wireless controller's ping utility (see
Tools on the Wireless Controller
• If the access points are in factory default mode and across a router, they are not detected.
Understanding the Discovery Results
Adding Access Points to the Managed List After
on page 149).
Chapter 4: Access Point Discovery and Management
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