Netgear Business Central Wireless Manager (BCWM) Benutzerhandbuch

The NETGEAR Business Central Wireless Manager (BCWM) 2.1 application is a cloud management
application that you can access from any computer to centrally manage cloud-enabled NETGEAR access
points. Using the BCWM 2.1 application, you can add, configure, and monitor WiFi networks in the cloud.

The BCWM 2.1 cloud management solution is intended primarily for small and medium-sized businesses
and organizations, for example, retail and hospitality businesses and healthcare organizations. This manual
is intended primarily for cloud network administrators.

In this manual, the BCWM 2.1 application is referred to as the application.

The application lets you manage multiple WiFi networks and NETGEAR WiFi access points (APs) over a
secure connection using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

You can add existing and new access points to the application, which is based on access point licensing.
You assign both networks and access points to a location.

You can set up multiple locations, each with its own networks and access points, and manage them from
the application. By default, an account with a free trial subscription or paid-for subscription can support up
to 4,000 access points.

Service locations, in this manual referred to simply as locations, are physical addresses where WiFi networks
and access points are installed. In the application, these locations can include multiple Layer 2 or Layer 3
network segments.

When you set up a location with one or more WiFi networks and assign access points to that location, the
application automatically assigns the networks to the pool of access points for that location. That is, you do
not assign a network to an access point. The application assigns the network automatically to one or more
access points, depending on the number of WiFi networks and the number of access points at the location.

You can add multiple locations, for example, for branches and remote offices, which can be in different time
zones. The application integrates Google Maps to display the locations. For each location, you can monitor
its health, usage, and security, as well as its WiFi networks, building, floors, and access points. You can
add a building label and a floor label to an access point that you assign to a location.

The following diagram shows the location-based hierarchy of the application.