Netgear WC7500-Wireless User Manual - Page 34

ProSAFE Wireless Controller Before you start the configuration of your wireless controller, decide whether you can use a basic configuration (that is, follow the Basic submenus) or must use an advanced configuration (that is, follow the Advanced submenus). Once you make your choice, configuring the wireless controller can be fairly easy if you consistently follow either the Basic submenus or the Advanced submenus. Profile Group Concepts Each access point can support up to eight security profiles (16 for dual-band access points), each with its own SSID, security settings, MAC ACL, rate-limiting settings, WMM, and so on. The wireless controller follows the same architecture. A profile group on the wireless controller includes all the features that you can configure for an individual access point: up to 8 profiles (16 for dual-band access points), each of which supports its own SSID, security, MAC ACL, rate-limiting settings, WMM settings, and so on. Basic Profile The basic profile includes all the settings that are required to configure a fully functional access point with up to eight security profiles (16 for dual-band access points). After you use the automatic discovery process and add access points to the managed AP list on the wireless controller, the access points are assigned by default to the basic profile group. If your network requires the wireless controller to manage multiple access points with different configurations, use the advanced profile. Advanced Profile The advanced profile lets you configure up to eight access point profile groups. Each group includes all the settings that are required to configure a fully functional access point with up to eight security profiles (16 for dual-band access points). For example, if your company site includes four buildings, each with a different WiFi network, you simply create four profile groups. You then assign all access points in one building to one profile group, all access points in another building to a second profile group, and so on. For each profile group, you can create an individual radio on/off schedule, RF management settings, MAC ACL authentication, and an authentication server. For each radio in a profile group (2.4 GHz radio and 5 GHz radio), you can create individual WiFi settings, WMM, and rate-limit settings. The following figure shows the advanced profile group architecture. The structure that is shown under Group-1 is implemented in all profile groups (that is, Group-2 through Group-8): System Planning and Deployment Scenarios 34