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Introduction
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Wireless Controller
For more information, see Chapter 8, Discover and Manage Access Points.
Centrally Manage Security in the Network
- Manage secure access to the network and secure data transmission. Manage
client authentication, encryption, WiFi client security separation, and MAC
authentication in access point profiles.
- Manage authentication servers for the network. Manage all internal and external
authentication servers for the entire network or for access point profile groups.
- Manage MAC authentication. Specify trusted and untrusted MAC addresses for the
entire network.
- Manage rogue access points. Manage rogue access points and their associated
clients in the network.
- Manage guest access. Manage guest access and captive portal access to the
network.
For more information, see Chapter 10, Manage Rogue Access Points, Guest Network
Access, and Users.
Centrally Manage the W
iFi Settings for the Network
- Schedule the radios. Schedule the entire network to go offline, or schedule access
point profile groups to go of
fline.
- Manage WiFi settings and channel allocation
. Manage the WiFi settings such as
wireless mode, data rate, and channel width for the entire network or for access point
profile groups, and manage channel allocation for the entire network.
- Manage QoS settings. Manage QoS queue settings for data, background, video,
and voice traffic for access point profile groups.
- Configure RF management settings. Configure WLAN healing for access point
profile groups.
For more information, see
Chapter 9, Configure WiFi, Radio Frequency, and QoS
Settings.
Manage Other Wireless Controllers in the Network
- Manage stacking
. Specify the master and slave wireless controllers in a stack and
synchronize information between the wireless controller.
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For more information, see Chapter 12, Manage Stacking and Redundancy.
Monitor the Network and Its Components
- Monitor the status of all W
iFi devices. V
iew the status of the wireless controllers,
access points, clients, access point profiles, and the entire network, and view network
usage statistics.
- Monitor network health. See which access points are healthy and which ones are
down or compromised.
For more information, see Chapter 13, Monitor the WiFi Network and Its Components.
1. Model WC7500 does not support stacking.