Netgear WC7600v2 – ProSAFE Wireless Controller User Manual

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Introduction 
14
ProSAFE Wireless Controller 
Model Common Features and Capabilities
The wireless controller provides the following common key features and capabilities:
WiFi modes
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802.11a
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802.11b
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802.11g
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802.11n
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802.11ac
Autodiscovery of access points
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Autodiscovery of access points in the same Layer 2 domain.
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Autodiscovery of access points across a Layer 3 domain.
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Automatic download of wireless controller–based firmware to discovered access 
points that are added to the managed access point list.
Centralized management
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Single point of management for the entire WiFi network.
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Automatic firmware upgrade to all managed access points.
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DHCP server for IP address provisioning.
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Configurable management VLAN.
Security
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Identity-based security authentication with an external RADIUS or LDAP (Active 
Directory) server, or with an internal authentication server.
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Support for nine access point profile groups (one basic and eight advanced) on one 
wireless controller.
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Support for up to 8 profiles per access point profile group and 8 profiles per radio 
(therefore, dual-band access points can support up to 16 profiles in one access point 
profile group).
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Support for up to 144 profiles on one wireless controller (8 profiles per access point 
group and eight groups per radio). Each profile supports settings for SSID, network 
authentication, data encryption, client separation, VLAN, MAC ACL, and WiFi QoS.
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Rogue access point detection and classification.
SD card slot
1
2
None
1
1
None
Optional extra power supply
Not supported
Supported
Not supported
Supported
1. All four Gigabit Ethernet ports provide equal performance and are bonded together in Linux active-backup mode.
2. An SD card will be supported in a future release.
Table 1.  Model differences and scalable architecture (continued)
Feature
WC7500
WC7600
WC7600v2
WC9500