Netgear WC7600v1 - ProSAFE Wireless Controller User Manual

The following sample scenario consists of an advanced network with one wireless controller, 
one redundant wireless controller

1

, one core switch, two PoE switches in different buildings, 

access points, and several VLANs and SSIDs. These are the components in the wireless 
controller system:

•     One wireless controller

•     Fifty access points (managed by the wireless controller through management VLAN 1)

Configure the following profiles, and configure network 
authentication and data encryption for these profiles:

A profile with SSID 1 and VLAN 10.

A profile with SSID 2 and VLAN 20.

If necessary for the selected network authentication options, 
configure one or more authentication servers.

Connect the wireless controller to the PoE switch.

 

Before you connect the access points to the PoE switch, verify 
that the switch ports to which you intend to connect the access 
points are configured as access ports in management VLAN 100.

 

Deploy the access points and connect them to the designated 
PoE switch ports.

 

When the access points are operating, open the Discovery 
Wizard to do the following:

Specify the state of the access points, which is factory default 
in a Layer 2 network.

Run the Discovery Wizard.

Select the access points that you want the wireless controller to 
manage and add them to the managed list.

By adding the access points to managed list, you enable 

them to receive an IP address from the DHCP server over 
management VLAN 100.

For each access point on the managed list, disable the untagged 
VLAN and configure VLAN 100 as the management VLAN. Doing 
so causes the access points to lose connectivity with the wireless 
controller.

 

Restore connectivity between the access points and the wireless 
controller by changing the PoE switch ports to which the access 
points are connected to tagged ports.

During the discovery process, these switch ports were access 
ports in management VLAN 100.