FAQ

ProSAFE® Premium Wireless Controller WC7600 Frequently Asked Questions
1. What are the main characteristics of the WC7600 Premium
Wireless Controller? The NETGEAR ProSAFE WC7600 Premium
Wireless Controller is a fully featured high performance premium
WLAN solution. Capable of managing up to 50 Access Points for
a single system and up to 150 Access Points with a stack of three
controllers, it is designed with simplicity in mind for management
and ease of use. Flexible enough to support a few dozen clients
through to several thousand, it delivers enterprise grade functionality
for small to mid-sized organisations, but without the cost and
complexity of big IT.
2. How does the WC7600 Premium Wireless Controller dier from
the WC7520 Wireless Controller? The WC7600 is NETGEAR’s
more capable, ‘high performance premium WLAN’ oering that
is also future proof for 11ac connectivity. Being backwards
compatible, it oers a path for migrating to higher performance
wireless networking with speeds up to 900Mbps (11n) and even
higher speed for 802.11ac at the right time for existing and new
customers. The WC7520 is NETGEAR’s entry level ‘value based
WLAN solution’ that delivers simple, but eective secure Mobile
Access that is reliable, aordable and easy to use. It is aimed
at deployments where up to 600 Mbps 11n will be more than
sucient to meet the needs of users and intended applications.
3. What types of hardware redundancy does the WC7600 support?
The WC7600 Premium Wireless Controller supports high level of
hardware redundancy to maximize uptime. The WC7600 supports
dual hot swappable power supplies and dual redundant fans. The 2nd
power supply and fan can be purchased optionally on a need basis.
4 . What is the maximum number of AP’s supported by the WC7600?
50 AP’s can be supported per WC7600, up to a maximum of 150 in
a stacked configuration comprising 3 WC7600’s. 3 + 1 Controllers
provides for a redundant configuration in the same way as achieved
on the WC7520.
5. How many default AP can the WC7600 manages and how does
it dier from the WC7520? The WC7600 comes without any
permanent AP licenses; 2 temporary AP licenses are included for
initial configuration. Customers will need to purchase a minimum
of 1 x WC10APL to achieve 10 AP license coverage. This allows
customers to pay for only the AP’s that they need to manage. This
approach is dierent than the WC7520, where the base model
includes 20 AP’s licenses.
6. What are the Access Points that can be managed by the WC7600
and how does it dier as compared to the WC7520?: The
WC7600 manages the following types of Access Points:
– WNDAP660 Dual Band Concurrent 802.11n
3x3:450 Mbps/radio AP (WC7600 only)
– WNDAP620 Dual Band Selectable 802.11n
3x3:450 Mbps/radio AP (WC7600 only)
– WNDAP380R Dual Band Concurrent 802.11n
2x2:300 Mbps/radio AP (selected regions)
– WNDAP360 Dual Band Concurrent 802.11n
2x2:300 Mbps/radio AP
– WNDAP350 Dual Band Concurrent 802.11n
2x2:300 Mbps/radio with plenum rated AP
– WN370 Single Band 802.11n
2x2:300 Mbps Wall Mounted AP (WC7600 only)
– WNAP320 Single Band 802.11n 2x2:300 Mbps AP
– WNAP210v2 Single Band 802.11n 2x2:300 Mbps AP
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7. Is there any Wireless bundle oer? Yes, the WC7660SKT Premium
Wireless Controller Bundle is optimally packaged with one (1)
WC7600 Premium Wireless Controller, ten (10) WNDAP660 Dual
Band Concurrent 802.11n Wireless Access Points, and one (1)
WC10APL license. The WC7600 provides centralized management
and each WNDAP660 Access Point can operate on both the 2.4
and 5 GHz frequency band concurrently, reaching throughput of up
to 450 Mbps on each radio.
8 . What is the UFast™ algorithm and how does it benefit me as the
use r? UFast is the ultra-fast algorithm to enable the Access Point to
be discovered by a controller in sub-seconds to increase the speed
of the AP’s initial adoption by the controller. The WC7600 also
uses the UFast algorithm to eciently deliver firmware updates to
large scale Access Point deployments. One of the key benefits of
WC7600 is the ease of initial network setup. Leveraging the UFast
algorithm, the initial setup of the wireless access network can be
reduced from hours down to minutes. Furthermore, when there
is a need to update the wireless network, the downtime during
firmware upgrade is minimized since the firmware is pushed to all
of the managed Access Points in a distributed and phased fashion,
rather than concurrently to all of the Access Points. The staged
delivery mechanism allows the wireless network to be up during the
maintenance window. This significantly minimizes the impact to the
users of the wireless network.
9. What is the warranty of the WC7600 Premium Wireless Controller?
The new WC7600 Controller and WN370 Access Point are backed
by the industry-leading ProSAFE Lifetime Hardware Warranty and
include Lifetime Next Business Day* replacement. Additionally,
technical support that connects businesses directly with experienced
technical experts is available via chat for lifetime and via phone for
90 days (24 x 7).
LIFETIME
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