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WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet

WC7500

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Features

The NETGEAR

ProSAFE

WC7500 Wireless Controller is a fully featured

enterprise class, high performance and secured wireless controller capable of

managing up to 15 Access Points (with a base support of 10 AP’s, and optional

license to support 5 additional AP’s) for Small and Medium Enterprise. The

WC7500 delivers ultra-fast Access Point discovery, Layer 2 and Layer 3 fast

roaming, a captive portal for guest access, fully distributed architecture, and

ease of conﬁguration and management.

The NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7500 Wireless Controller manages the full

line of NETGEAR ProSAFE Access Points, from entry level single band APs

(WNAP210 and WNAP320), business class dual band APs (WNDAP350 and

WNDAP360), high performance 3x3:450 Mbps per radio dual band concurrent

APs (WNDAP660), to specialized in-wall mounted APs (WN370) and outdoor

APs (WND930) to a full line of industry fastest 802.11 ac APs (WAC720 and

WAC730) all with a single click of a mouse.

Unlike other Wireless systems that are costly, complex and cumbersome to

deploy, the WC7500 wireless controller is ideal for K-12 education, hospitality,

and healthcare deployments. Designed with simplicity in mind for management

and ease of use, it oers enterprise grade functionality and capability for small

to mid-sized organizations, without the cost and complexity of big IT.

Full Featured Enterprise-Class Wireless Controller

Perfect for Entry Level deployment

•Supports up to 15 Access Points with a base

support of 10 AP’s and optional license to

support additional 5 AP’s

Ultra-fast Access Point discovery with

Ufast

•Ufast

AP discovery provides super-fast

AP discovery

•Improves reliability and shortens setup time

•Secured communication between AP and

WC7500

Distributed and local forwarding

•Data trac forwarded to the best path

without traversing the controller

•Eliminates controller bottleneck for high

throughput 802.11n and 802.11ac APs

•Intelligent tunneling with Layer 2 and

Layer 3 roaming

Enterprise-grade and feature-rich

•Layer 2 and Layer 3 seamless roaming

•Dynamic RF adjustments

•WLAN healing for automatic RF coverage in

the case of AP failure

•Rogue AP detection

•Bandsteering to optimally load balance

trac between 2.4 and 5GHz

Investment protection

•Dynamically moves clients from a

congested frequency (typically 2.4GHz)

onto a less congested one (5GHz)

•Supports 802.11n and 802.11ac ProSAFE

Access Points

Industry-leading warranty

This product is backed by a NETGEAR limited

ProSAFE® Lifetime Hardware Warranty

•ProSUPPORT Lifetime Chat Technical Support

(Remote diagnostics performed by our

technical experts for prompt resolution of

technical issues)

•ProSUPPORT 90 days Live Phone Technical

Support 24 x 7

•Lifetime Next Business Day (NBD) Hardware

replacement (See http://onsite.netgear.com for

coverage, availability and terms and conditions)

•Includes Lifetime Next Business Day Hardware

Replacement

* Region dependent. Please check with your local NETGEAR

representative

Summary of content (9 pages)

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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet WC7500 Full Featured Enterprise-Class Wireless Controller The NETGEAR® ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller is a fully featured enterprise class, high performance and secured wireless controller capable of managing up to 15 Access Points (with a base support of 10 AP’s, and optional license to support 5 additional AP’s) for Small and Medium Enterprise.
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet WC7500 Supported Access Points Access Points Description Typical Deployment WAC730 Wireless-AC 3x3:1.7 Gbps High Performance Access Point Medium to large enterprise, higher education, mid to large hotels and hospitals requiring ultra high density throughput WAC720 Wireless-AC 2x2:1.
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet WC7500 Features Scalable Architecture The NETGEAR WC7500 Premium Wireless Controller supports up to 15 APs with base support of 10 AP’s and optional license to support additional 5 AP’s.
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet WC7500 Features Comprehensive Dashboard Performance Supported Access Points The best of centralized and distributed architectures are implemented by the NETGEAR ProSAFE Wireless Controller for outstanding Wireless-N and Wireless-AC performance. Local traffic is automatically switched at the access points level for fastest processing, when roamed L3 traffic is processed at the controller level with advanced data control.
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet WC7500 Technical Features RF MANAGEMENT Automatic Channel Allocation • Automatic channel distribution to minimize interferences • Auto-channel allocation taking into consideration of the environment, interferences, traffic load and neighboring AP • Modifiable list of corporate channels to be used • Scheduled mode for Auto-channel allocation • Automatic mode in case of high level of interferences available Automatic Power Control • Optimum transmit pow
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet WC7500 Technical Features WIRELESS NETWORK MONITORING Monitoring Summary Summary of the Managed Access Points status, rogue Access Points detected, Wireless stations connected, Wireless Controller Information and Wireless Network usage Managed Access Points APs status for the Managed Access Points and details that includes configuration settings, current Wireless settings, current Clients and detailed Traffic statistics Rogue Access Points • Rogue Ac
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet WC7500 Technical Features IEEE AND IETF RFC STANDARDS (continued) RFC - AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) • IEEE 802.1X • RFC 2548 Microsoft Vendor-Specific RADIUS Attributes • RFC 2716 PPP EAP-TLS • RFC 2865 RADIUS Authentication • RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting • RFC 2867 RADIUS Tunnel Accounting • RFC 2869 RADIUS Extensions • RFC 3576 Dynamic Authorization Extensions to RADIUS • RFC 3579 RADIUS Support for EAP • RFC 3580 IEEE 802.
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet WC7500 Technical Specifications Physical Characteristics Compliance Features Power • 100-240V AC Universal • ENGR 10049 EST Environmental Stress Test Guideline • Layer 2 Discovery Physical Dimensions (1 RU) • Dimensions (L x W x H): 440 x 262 x 43 mm (17.34 x 10.30 x1.7 in) • ENGR 10045 EVT Engineering Validation Test Guideline Weight • 3.6 kg (7.
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ProSAFE® WC7500 Wireless Controller Data Sheet WC7500 Technical Specifications Interfaces and Indicators Management Warranty and Support 4G Copper RJ-45 Ports Configuration NETGEAR Warranty* • Four 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing and auto-negotiation USB Ports • One USB 2.