NETGEAR WFS709TP Quick Start Manual page 3

All communication done between the Access Points and the Wireless Controller is done at Layer 3, and
for the Access Points to be accessible in the initial setup it is necessary to have a device capable of
offering IP addressing by using DHCP.
The WFS709TP controller is capable itself of serving as a DHCP server, therefore we will cover both
possible deployment scenarios in this document – using the WFS709TP as the DHCP server, or using an
already existing server in the network.