Quick Reference Guide

System Planning and Deployment Scenarios

ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC9500

Single Controller Configuration with Advanced Profile

Groups

A more complex configuration consists of a single wireless controller that controls a collection

of access points that are organized in access point profile groups and might use several

profiles in each access point profile group.

 To set up a single wireless controller system with advanced profile groups:

Management VLAN and Data VLAN Strategies

If your network includes 10 or more access points, NETGEAR recommends that you set up

at least two VLAN groups: a management VLAN group and a data VLAN group. If your

network is large, you should create a number of data VLAN groups. Setting up data VLANs

for clients allows you to:

• Segregate traffic by user category

• Create different policies such as access policies that are based on user category

Step Configuration Web Management Interface Path

1. Configure the system and network settings of the wireless

controller:

1. Configure the country code of operation.

Configuration > System > General

2. Configure the time settings.

Configuration > System > Time

3. Configure the IP address of the wireless controller.

Configuration > System > IP/VLAN

4. Verify that VLAN 1 is set as the management VLAN and is

marked as untagged.

By default, VLAN 1 an untagged management VLAN.

5. If no network DHCP server is accessible to the access points,

configure the wireless controller’s DHCP server.

Configuration > System > DHCP

Server

2. Configure up to eight access point profile groups, and for each

access point profile in a group, do at least the following:

1. Configure an SSID for wireless access.

Configuration > Profile > Advanced

2. Configure the network authentication and data encryption.

3. Assign the VLAN.

4. If necessary for the selected network authentication option,

configure the authentication server.

Configuration > Security >

Advanced > Authentication Server

3. Run the Discovery Wizard and add the access points to the

managed access point list.

Access Point > Discovery Wizard

4. Assign the access points to the access point profile groups (also

referred to as WLAN groups).

Configuration > WLAN Network