Quick Reference Guide

Discover and Manage Access Points

ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC9500

The effectiveness of the discovery process depends in part on how the access points on

your LAN are set up. If each access point is configured with a unique IP address and is

running current firmware, discovery is usually simple.

If the discovery results are not what you expect, check the following:

• Access points that are already managed by the wireless controller are not in the

discovery list.

To view the Managed AP List, select Access Point > Managed AP List.

• The access points might be in a different IP network.

For information about how to discover access points in a dif

ferent subnet, see Access

Points Installed and Working in Standalone Mode in Different Layer 3 Networks on

page 96.

• Access points that are in factory default mode but across a router are not detected.

For information about how to discover access points across a router, see Access

Points Installed and Working in Standalone Mode in Different Layer 3 Networks on

page 96.

• Make sure that a DHCP server is available in the network or on the wireless

controller.

For information about the wireless controller’s DHCP server, see Manage the DHCP

Server on page 51.

• For more information, see Problems with Access Points on page 202.

6. (Optional) Click Restart.

The discovery process runs again.

7. (Optional) From the Site menu, select Remote for each access point that you want to

designate as a remote access point.

By default, all discovered access points are designated as Local. The Remote and Local

designations are for organization only

Note: The wireless controller cannot discover remote access points over a

site-to-site VPN connection or behind a remote NAT router without a VPN

connection. This capability will be added in a future release.

8. Do one of the following:

• Select individual check boxes for discovered access points that you want to add to the

managed list.

• Select the check box in the upper right of the table heading to add all discovered

access points to the managed list.

9. Click Add.

Depending on the type of access points that have been discovered, a screen that lets you

enter or ignore a login name and password might display