Netgear WC7500 - ProSAFE® Wireless Controller User Manual

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Installation and Configuration Overview 
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ProSAFE Wireless Controller 
Your settings are saved.
13. 
If your network does not include a DHCP server, configure the wireless controller’s DHCP 
server.
14. 
Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
The connection to the wireless controller is terminated because you changed its IP 
address.
15. 
Reconfigure your computer with an IP address and subnet mask that is in the same 
IP subnet as the new IP address of the wireless controller.
16. 
Log back in to the wireless controller using its new IP address.
Roadmap for Configuring Management of Your WiFi 
Network
After you perform the initial configuration and change the IP address to an address that is 
specific to your network (see 
configure the wireless controller for management of your WiFi network.
This section is a roadmap only: It provides high-level configuration steps with references to 
the sections or chapters that provide detailed configuration steps.
To configure the wireless controller for management of your WiFi network:
1. 
Open a web browser, and in the browser’s address field, type the wireless controller’s IP 
address.
By default, the IP address is 192.168.0.250.
The wireless controller’s login window opens.
2. 
Enter your user name and password.
3. 
Click the Login button.
The wireless controller’s web management interface opens and displays the Summary 
page.
4. 
Register the licenses.
5. 
(Optional but recommended) Replace the default certificate with a custom certificate for 
certificate-based authentication of the 
i
nternal authentication server.