Table Of Contents - NETGEAR ProSafe WC7520 Reference Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview
Key Features and Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
WC7520 Wireless Controller System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What Can You Do with the WC7520 Wireless Controller? . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Maintenance and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Web Management Interface Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Initial Connection and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Basic and Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Choose a Location for the Wireless Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Deploy the Wireless Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 2 System Planning and Deployment Scenarios
System Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Management VLAN and Data VLAN Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Deployment Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 3 RF Planning
RF Planning Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Define and Edit Buildings and Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Specify Access Point Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
View and Manage Heat Maps for Deployed Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front Panel Ports and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rear Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Bottom Panel with Product Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
NETGEAR ProSafe Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Profile Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Preinstallation Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Before You Configure a Wireless Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Single Controller Configuration with Basic Profile Group . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Single Controller Configuration with Advanced Profile Groups . . . . . . . 30
Stacked Controller Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Scenario Example 1: Basic Network with Single VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Scenario Example 2: Advanced Network with VLANs and SSIDs. . . . . 34
Scenario Example 3: Advanced Network with Redundancy . . . . . . . . . 37
Planning Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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