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... Appendix A, Controller-Managed Access Points, which describes the limited web management interface for controller-managed access points. 202-11659-01 April 2016 • First publication of the combined manual for all wireless controller models (see View the Console Debug Logs of NETGEAR, Inc. See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply. Enhanced syslog support for an Internal Syslog Location). - Support for purchasing this NETGEAR product. ProSAFE Wireless Controller Support Thank you use only official NETGEAR support resources.
... Appendix A, Controller-Managed Access Points, which describes the limited web management interface for controller-managed access points. 202-11659-01 April 2016 • First publication of the combined manual for all wireless controller models (see View the Console Debug Logs of NETGEAR, Inc. See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply. Enhanced syslog support for an Internal Syslog Location). - Support for purchasing this NETGEAR product. ProSAFE Wireless Controller Support Thank you use only official NETGEAR support resources.
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... Troubleshoot Basic Functioning 361 Power LED Is Not Lit 361 Status LED Never Turns Off 361 Ethernet Port LEDs Are Not Lit 361 Troubleshoot the Web Management Interface 362 Check the Ethernet Cabling 362 Check the IP Address Configuration 362 Check the Internet Browser 363 Troubleshoot a TCP/IP Network Using the Ping Utility 363 Use the Reset Button to Restore Default Settings 364 Resolve Problems With Date and Time 364 Resolve Network Problems 365 Resolve Problems With Access Points 365 Resolve Discovery Problems 365 Resolve Connection Problems 366 Network...
... Troubleshoot Basic Functioning 361 Power LED Is Not Lit 361 Status LED Never Turns Off 361 Ethernet Port LEDs Are Not Lit 361 Troubleshoot the Web Management Interface 362 Check the Ethernet Cabling 362 Check the IP Address Configuration 362 Check the Internet Browser 363 Troubleshoot a TCP/IP Network Using the Ping Utility 363 Use the Reset Button to Restore Default Settings 364 Resolve Problems With Date and Time 364 Resolve Network Problems 365 Resolve Problems With Access Points 365 Resolve Discovery Problems 365 Resolve Connection Problems 366 Network...
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ProSAFE Wireless Controller Appendix B Factory Default Settings, Technical Specifications, and Passwords Requirements Factory Default Settings 387 Technical Specifications Models WC7500 and WC7600v2 387 Technical Specifications Models WC7600 and WC9500 388 Password Requirements 389 Index 10
ProSAFE Wireless Controller Appendix B Factory Default Settings, Technical Specifications, and Passwords Requirements Factory Default Settings 387 Technical Specifications Models WC7500 and WC7600v2 387 Technical Specifications Models WC7600 and WC9500 388 Password Requirements 389 Index 10
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... code of the wireless controller: 1. Configure the time settings. By default, VLAN 1 an untagged management VLAN. 5. If no network DHCP server is accessible to the managed access point list. Configure up a single wireless controller system with a basic profile group: Step Configuration Web Management Interface Path 1. Configuration > Profile > Basic 3. Assign the VLAN. 4. If necessary for WiFi access. 2. Server 2. ProSAFE Wireless Controller High-Level Configuration Examples This section includes the following subsections: • Single Controller Configuration...
... code of the wireless controller: 1. Configure the time settings. By default, VLAN 1 an untagged management VLAN. 5. If no network DHCP server is accessible to the managed access point list. Configure up a single wireless controller system with a basic profile group: Step Configuration Web Management Interface Path 1. Configuration > Profile > Basic 3. Assign the VLAN. 4. If necessary for WiFi access. 2. Server 2. ProSAFE Wireless Controller High-Level Configuration Examples This section includes the following subsections: • Single Controller Configuration...
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... Web Management Interface Path 1. Configuration > System > General 2. Configure the IP address of the wireless controller. Configuration > System > IP/VLAN 4. Configure the network authentication and data encryption. Advanced > Authentication Server 3. System Planning and Deployment Scenarios 40 If no network DHCP server is marked as WLAN groups). Configure an SSID for the selected network authentication option, Configuration > Security > configure the authentication server. Server 2. Verify that are organized in access point profile groups and might use...
... Web Management Interface Path 1. Configuration > System > General 2. Configure the IP address of the wireless controller. Configuration > System > IP/VLAN 4. Configure the network authentication and data encryption. Advanced > Authentication Server 3. System Planning and Deployment Scenarios 40 If no network DHCP server is marked as WLAN groups). Configure an SSID for the selected network authentication option, Configuration > Security > configure the authentication server. Server 2. Verify that are organized in access point profile groups and might use...
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... code of the wireless controller. Verify that VLAN 1 is set as the management VLAN and is assigned for each profile, do at least the following: 1. Server 2. Assign the VLAN. 4. The configuration does not include any port of the PoE switch connects to connect the WiFi PoE switch. 4. Configuration > System > Time 3. Configure the IP address of operation. Authentication Server 3. Use any routers between the access points and the wireless controller. The uplink of the wireless controller to a Layer 3 switch or router...
... code of the wireless controller. Verify that VLAN 1 is set as the management VLAN and is assigned for each profile, do at least the following: 1. Server 2. Assign the VLAN. 4. The configuration does not include any port of the PoE switch connects to connect the WiFi PoE switch. 4. Configuration > System > Time 3. Configure the IP address of operation. Authentication Server 3. Use any routers between the access points and the wireless controller. The uplink of the wireless controller to a Layer 3 switch or router...
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...assigned for VLAN 100. 2. Change default VLAN 1 to the PoE switch through VLAN 100. • The PoE switch port to which , in the same subnet and same VLAN and use the wireless controller's DHCP server: 1. Web Management Interface Path Configuration > System > General Configuration > System > Time Configuration > System > IP/VLAN Configuration > System > DHCP Server System Planning and Deployment Scenarios 47 Configure the basic system settings: 1. If you use the same IP address range that is connected to a tagged VLAN. 2. Configure the IP address of operation...
...assigned for VLAN 100. 2. Change default VLAN 1 to the PoE switch through VLAN 100. • The PoE switch port to which , in the same subnet and same VLAN and use the wireless controller's DHCP server: 1. Web Management Interface Path Configuration > System > General Configuration > System > Time Configuration > System > IP/VLAN Configuration > System > DHCP Server System Planning and Deployment Scenarios 47 Configure the basic system settings: 1. If you use the same IP address range that is connected to a tagged VLAN. 2. Configure the IP address of operation...
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... Standby radio button and LAG radio button are mutually exclusive. In such a situation, reset the access point to automatically create a LAG in which both links are saved. Management VLAN Settings section Management VLAN Enter the management VLAN. For more information, see Controller Link Aggregation Concepts on page 102. Click the Apply button. Note: If you want to use the web management interface of the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) that you assign a static IP address to configure a static IP address for...
... Standby radio button and LAG radio button are mutually exclusive. In such a situation, reset the access point to automatically create a LAG in which both links are saved. Management VLAN Settings section Management VLAN Enter the management VLAN. For more information, see Controller Link Aggregation Concepts on page 102. Click the Apply button. Note: If you want to use the web management interface of the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) that you assign a static IP address to configure a static IP address for...
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... wireless controller can add multiple DHCP server pools for different VLANs. You can function as a DHCP server. ProSAFE Wireless Controller Manage the DHCP Server Note: Make sure that a DHCP server is shown in the browser's address field, type the wireless controller's IP address. By default, no DHCP server pool is 192.168.0.250. If your user name and password. 3. Open a web browser, and in the following two figures. The DHCP Server List page displays. By default, the IP address is configured...
... wireless controller can add multiple DHCP server pools for different VLANs. You can function as a DHCP server. ProSAFE Wireless Controller Manage the DHCP Server Note: Make sure that a DHCP server is shown in the browser's address field, type the wireless controller's IP address. By default, no DHCP server pool is 192.168.0.250. If your user name and password. 3. Open a web browser, and in the following two figures. The DHCP Server List page displays. By default, the IP address is configured...
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... to adjust the values in a hotel guest room and you want to the right of the sliders. Click the Login button. For each model access point that support the basic profile group: 1. The wireless controller's web management interface opens and displays the Summary page. 4. ProSAFE Wireless Controller 7. By default, the IP address is the default setting), by enabling the Power LED only, or by the blue light of all...
... to adjust the values in a hotel guest room and you want to the right of the sliders. Click the Login button. For each model access point that support the basic profile group: 1. The wireless controller's web management interface opens and displays the Summary page. 4. ProSAFE Wireless Controller 7. By default, the IP address is the default setting), by enabling the Power LED only, or by the blue light of all...
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... the changes occurred but that you are using the ping utility in the web browser's cache. You can ping the wireless controller from a computer running Windows: 1. ProSAFE Wireless Controller Check the Internet Browser If the Ethernet cabling and IP address configuration are fine, the Internet browser might prevent you upgrade the firmware, if the browser does not display the latest features of the web management interface, clear the...
... the changes occurred but that you are using the ping utility in the web browser's cache. You can ping the wireless controller from a computer running Windows: 1. ProSAFE Wireless Controller Check the Internet Browser If the Ethernet cabling and IP address configuration are fine, the Internet browser might prevent you upgrade the firmware, if the browser does not display the latest features of the web management interface, clear the...
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... controller, press the Reset button on the front panel goes off , follow the instructions in the log is January 1, 2000, the wireless controller did not yet successfully reach a network time server. The wireless controller uses the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to Restore Default Settings If you can use the Reboot/Reset Controllers page (the path is password. Verify that the Ethernet LEDs are correct and that the IP address for about eight seconds until the Status LED turns...
... controller, press the Reset button on the front panel goes off , follow the instructions in the log is January 1, 2000, the wireless controller did not yet successfully reach a network time server. The wireless controller uses the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to Restore Default Settings If you can use the Reboot/Reset Controllers page (the path is password. Verify that the Ethernet LEDs are correct and that the IP address for about eight seconds until the Status LED turns...
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..., attempting to factory default settings. If the IP address of an access point blinks amber, the access point lost its WiFi packets in the network or a DHCP server that each managed access point is enabled, access points intermittently go off channel for the access point and enter the wireless controller's static IP address, the access point attempts to the Connected state. If the network does not include a DHCP server, configure one on the wireless controller (see Manage the DHCP Server on page...
..., attempting to factory default settings. If the IP address of an access point blinks amber, the access point lost its WiFi packets in the network or a DHCP server that each managed access point is enabled, access points intermittently go off channel for the access point and enter the wireless controller's static IP address, the access point attempts to the Connected state. If the network does not include a DHCP server, configure one on the wireless controller (see Manage the DHCP Server on page...
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... Configuration > Upgrade > Firmware Upgrade. Determine the factory default IP address for the model access point. If you cannot connect to the access point, its IP address might be managed only by a wireless controller in the same subnet as the factory default IP address of 255.255.255.0. Enter the user name and password. Reconfigure the static IP address setting and the VLAN settings or reenable the DHCP client. Configure a computer with a static IP address in a network with a DHCP server. The default password is admin...
... Configuration > Upgrade > Firmware Upgrade. Determine the factory default IP address for the model access point. If you cannot connect to the access point, its IP address might be managed only by a wireless controller in the same subnet as the factory default IP address of 255.255.255.0. Enter the user name and password. Reconfigure the static IP address setting and the VLAN settings or reenable the DHCP client. Configure a computer with a static IP address in a network with a DHCP server. The default password is admin...
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... AC Access Point Model WAC740 Hardware Installation Guide, which you can download by visiting downloadcenter.netgear.com. 2. Enter the user name and password. The default password is admin. Find the IP address of the access point on page 170. 4. The user name and password are case-sensitive. If, however, one of the access point. Enable link aggregation on both LAN Ethernet ports on a WAC740 Access Point Setting up a static link aggregation group (LAG) connection between a WAC740 access point and a switch with Static Lag configured on...
... AC Access Point Model WAC740 Hardware Installation Guide, which you can download by visiting downloadcenter.netgear.com. 2. Enter the user name and password. The default password is admin. Find the IP address of the access point on page 170. 4. The user name and password are case-sensitive. If, however, one of the access point. Enable link aggregation on both LAN Ethernet ports on a WAC740 Access Point Setting up a static link aggregation group (LAG) connection between a WAC740 access point and a switch with Static Lag configured on...
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... console debug logs 369 collecting WiFi packets 371 controller-managed mode, described 375 DHCP client, disabling 172 discovery 155 dual-band 30, 34, 121, 212 factory default IP addresses 380 factory default state, autodiscovery 159 firmware, minimum version 27 floor and building settings 173 IP addresses 172 IP subnet 159, 161 known and unknown 221 limited management web interface 374 local 155, 166, 169 managed status 169 models, supported 27 password, changing 237 pinging 367 rebooting 277 remote...
... console debug logs 369 collecting WiFi packets 371 controller-managed mode, described 375 DHCP client, disabling 172 discovery 155 dual-band 30, 34, 121, 212 factory default IP addresses 380 factory default state, autodiscovery 159 firmware, minimum version 27 floor and building settings 173 IP addresses 172 IP subnet 159, 161 known and unknown 221 limited management web interface 374 local 155, 166, 169 managed status 169 models, supported 27 password, changing 237 pinging 367 rebooting 277 remote...
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... QoS, configuring 207 radio, turning on and off 180 rate limiting, configuring 214 RF management, configuring 200 wireless settings, configuring 188 advanced settings, described 33, 121 AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 138 aggregated MAC protocol data unit (AMPDU) 185, 191 aggregation length 185, 191 aggregation links WAC740 access point 170, 382 WC7600v1 and WC9500 controller 103 AIFS (arbitration inter-frame space) 209 AirQual configuring 203-206 monitoring 346 alarms settings 118 viewing in the network...
... QoS, configuring 207 radio, turning on and off 180 rate limiting, configuring 214 RF management, configuring 200 wireless settings, configuring 188 advanced settings, described 33, 121 AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 138 aggregated MAC protocol data unit (AMPDU) 185, 191 aggregation length 185, 191 aggregation links WAC740 access point 170, 382 WC7600v1 and WC9500 controller 103 AIFS (arbitration inter-frame space) 209 AirQual configuring 203-206 monitoring 346 alarms settings 118 viewing in the network...
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... network performance, troubleshooting 366 network status, viewing summary 310 noncoverage zone, RF planning 61 notification server, emails 119 NTP (Network Time Protocol), client and server 102 O obstacles, RF planning 62 obstruction areas, RF planning 65 option 43, DHCP 155 P package contents 19 partition, memory 258 password requirements 389 password, changing default admin 237 passwords restoring default 364 users 236 physical specifications 387-388 pinging, access points 367 planning, system 36 PoE (Power over Ethernet), access points...
... network performance, troubleshooting 366 network status, viewing summary 310 noncoverage zone, RF planning 61 notification server, emails 119 NTP (Network Time Protocol), client and server 102 O obstacles, RF planning 62 obstruction areas, RF planning 65 option 43, DHCP 155 P package contents 19 partition, memory 258 password requirements 389 password, changing default admin 237 passwords restoring default 364 users 236 physical specifications 387-388 pinging, access points 367 planning, system 36 PoE (Power over Ethernet), access points...
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... port, SNMP 263 trial license 17 troubleshooting access points 365 basic functioning 361 collecting console debug logs 369 collecting WiFi packets 371 configuration settings, using sniffer 362 connection problems 366 date 364 diagnostic tools 366 discovery problems 365 GUI 362 LAN path 363 LEDs 361 network performance 366 pinging access points 367 resetting factory default settings 364 TCP/IP network 363 time and time zone 364 tracing an access point route 368 web management interface 362 Tx power automatically controlling...
... port, SNMP 263 trial license 17 troubleshooting access points 365 basic functioning 361 collecting console debug logs 369 collecting WiFi packets 371 configuration settings, using sniffer 362 connection problems 366 date 364 diagnostic tools 366 discovery problems 365 GUI 362 LAN path 363 LEDs 361 network performance 366 pinging access points 367 resetting factory default settings 364 TCP/IP network 363 time and time zone 364 tracing an access point route 368 web management interface 362 Tx power automatically controlling...
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..., Wireless stations connected, Wireless Controller Information and Wireless Network usage Managed Access Points APs status for Wireless Clients HTTP, SNMP v1/v2c, Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH) Logging and Reporting If available Syslog server on the GUI and ready to download (Log export file) Diagnostics Maintenance Managed Access Points Ping Save/Restore Configuration, Restore to Factory Defaults, Admin password change, Add user (read-only), Firmware Upgrade via Web browser for the Wireless Controller and the Managed Access Points Dual Boot Image Supported SNMP SNMP v1/v2c IEEE...
..., Wireless stations connected, Wireless Controller Information and Wireless Network usage Managed Access Points APs status for Wireless Clients HTTP, SNMP v1/v2c, Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH) Logging and Reporting If available Syslog server on the GUI and ready to download (Log export file) Diagnostics Maintenance Managed Access Points Ping Save/Restore Configuration, Restore to Factory Defaults, Admin password change, Add user (read-only), Firmware Upgrade via Web browser for the Wireless Controller and the Managed Access Points Dual Boot Image Supported SNMP SNMP v1/v2c IEEE...