Quick Reference Guide

Installation and Configuration Overview

ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC9500

9. Click Apply.

10. (Optional) If no DHCP server is available in your network, configure the wireless controller’s

DHCP server

For more information, see Manage the DHCP Server on page 51.

11. Click Apply.

The connection to the wireless controller is terminated because you have changed its IP

address.

12. Reconfigure your computer with an IP address and subnet mask that is in the same

IP subnet as the new IP address of the wireless controller.

13. Log back in to the wireless controller using its new IP address.

Continue with the following section, Roadmap for Configuring Management of Your

Wireless Network.

Roadmap for Configuring Management of Your

Wireless Network

After you have performed the initial configuration and changed the IP address to an address

that is specific to your network (see the previous section, Roadmap for Initial Configuration),

you are ready to configure the wireless controller for management of your wireless network.

This section is a roadmap only: It provides high-level configuration steps with references to

the sections or chapters that provide detailed configuration steps.

 To configure the wireless controller for management of your wireless network:

1. Register the licenses.

For more information, see Register Your Licenses on page 54.

2. (Optional but recommended) Replace the default certificate with a custom certificate for

certificate-based authentication of the

internal authentication server.

For more information, see Manage Certificates on page 57.

3. (Optional but recommended) Configure logs, alerts, and alarms.

For more information, see Configure Log, Syslog, Alarm Notification, and Email Settings

on page 58.

4. Configure security profiles:

a. Configure the security profiles for the basic profile group or for advanced profile

groups.

For detailed configuration steps, see:

• Configure Security Profiles for the Basic Profile Group on page 67

• Configure Security Profiles for Advanced Profile Groups on page 71

b. (Optional) Configure authentication servers.