NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7500 User Manual

Introduction
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ProSAFE Wireless Controller
Model Common Features and Capabilities
The wireless controller provides the following common key features and capabilities:
• WiFi modes
- 802.11a
- 802.11b
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- 802.11ac
• Autodiscovery of access points
- Autodiscovery of access points in the same Layer 2 domain.
- Autodiscovery of access points across a Layer 3 domain.
- Automatic download of wireless controller–based firmware to discovered access
points that are added to the managed access point list.
• Centralized management
- Single point of management for the entire WiFi network.
- Automatic firmware upgrade to all managed access points.
- DHCP server for IP address provisioning.
- Configurable management VLAN.
• Security
- Identity-based security authentication with an external RADIUS or LDAP (Active
Directory) server, or with an internal authentication server.
- Support for nine access point profile groups (one basic and eight advanced) on one
wireless controller.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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

NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7500 Specifications

General

Brand	NETGEAR
Model	ProSAFE WC7500
Category	Controller
Language	English