Netgear WMS5316 - ProSafe 16-AP Wireless Management System Reference Manual
Access Point Discovery
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ProSafe 16 AP Wireless Management System WMS5316
IP Discovery
Use IP Discovery to discover access points in a different IP network from the wireless
management system. You can search for a maximum of 255 IP addresses at a time.
NETGEAR recommends that you split up your search if you have access points in multiple
networks.
management system. You can search for a maximum of 255 IP addresses at a time.
NETGEAR recommends that you split up your search if you have access points in multiple
networks.
To use IP Discovery:
1.
On the Configuration tab select Access Point Discovery, and then click the IP
Discovery
Discovery
tab:
2.
To specify the range of IP addresses, fill in the Start IP and End IP fields.
3.
Click Search.
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The wireless management system locates devices on the LAN within the range of IP
addresses that you specified.
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The devices are displayed in a list.
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Discovery Results
The effectiveness of the discovery feature 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.
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:
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Access points already managed by the wireless management system are not in the
discovery list.
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If two or more access points still have their factory default settings, their IP addresses
might be identical. If this is the case, the wireless management system discovers one of
these access points. Add that access point, change its IP address, and then use
discovery to find the next access point.
these access points. Add that access point, change its IP address, and then use
discovery to find the next access point.